Hinderaker — as ever — pops off about things he doesn’t bother to research.
Tonight, it’s Magellan. John says (without evidence of any kind) he had little to no interactions with slavers.
That is laughably… wrong — two seconds on Google proves it.
No, Hinderaker — he is known to have owned slaves… aboard ship. [He freed one upon his death by will. The man’s name was Enrique of Mallaca. He was of mixed race.]
Moreover, Magellan forcefully kept indentured servants long after they paid their debt.
He did some notable things, true. But as to the charge of being… utterly dishonest… he is guilty.
There are plenty of honest people to name cosmological structures after.
Cheers, chucklehead.
Out.
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