The exhibition 'Skola Gambar Enrique de Malacca' by artist Ahmad Fuad Osman reflects on the first circumnavigation around the world by the Magellan-Elcano expedition in 1519. The expedition has, over time, gained allegorical significance, marking the start of the age of globalisation. Photo: Ilham Gallery
Five hundred years ago, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan embarked on a historic journey to circumnavigate the globe.
Five ships with 270 crew members set sail on this perilous three-year expedition from Spain, among them an enslaved Malay sailor and interpreter named Enrique de Malacca, whom Magellan had acquired during the Portuguese conquest of Malacca in 1511.
