Includes index.

1. Navigare necesse est -- 2. Magellan in the East Indies -- 3. He renounces allegiance to Portugal -- 4. Realization of an idea -- 5. Will overcomes obstacles -- 6. Departure -- 7. Fruitless search -- 8. Mutiny -- 9. The great moment comes -- 10. Discovery of the Philippines -- 11. Magellan's death -- 12. A voyage without a leader -- 13. The return and the sequel -- Chronological table -- Appendixes. Copia der Newen Zeytung ; Contract of Charles V with Magellan and Faleiro ; Account of the costs of Magellan's fleet.