The First Circumnavigation
Fire the "The First Circumnavigation" event in Europa Universalis IV with the console command event exploration_events.16.
The First Circumnavigation
Fire this event with the event command and the event ID exploration_events.16.
What happens
Our fleet set sail to find a western sea route to the rich Spice Islands of Indonesia. It took them 99 days to cross the ocean westward, after they had found the Strait of Magellan located near the tip of South America. The strait was treacherous and when they finally reached the ocean, the captain wept with joy. The ocean was so strangely calm it was named 'Pacific', from the Latin word for 'Tranquil'.\n\nThe fleet's captain died from a wound caused by a poisoned arrow when assisting the chief of Cebú in conquering a rival tribe. Two of our ships had survived, one tried to return across the Pacific but perished. The last ship continued west and sailed across the Indian Ocean, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and as it arrived at our port it became the first ship to circumnavigate the globe.
Player choices
When this event fires, The First Circumnavigation presents these options:
- We are the first to circumnavigate the globe!