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How long did Ferdinand Magellanās fleet go without fresh food before reaching Guam?
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Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan, detail of a painting by an unknown artist; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Ferdinand Magellanās fleet went without fresh food for 99 days before reaching Guam on March 6, 1521.1
During this arduous crossing of the Pacific Ocean, the crew suffered from scurvy and extreme thirst, forced to survive on rat-fouled biscuits and eventually the leather stripped from the ships' yardarms.1