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How did Ferdinand Magellan respond to the mutiny at Port Saint Julian?
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Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan, detail of a painting by an unknown artist; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
At Port Saint Julian, Ferdinand Magellan responded to the serious mutiny led by Spanish captains with resolution, ruthlessness, and daring. To quell the uprising, he executed one of the mutinous captains. Furthermore, when the fleet departed from the port on August 24, 1520, he left another mutinous captain behind to his fate ashore.1