Sea of Blood

Navigating and charting the seas took a lot of blood, sweat, and tears. Although it was a lot of other people's blood that was spilt. When Vasco de Gama sailed to India he came upon a ship full of Muslims, de Gama stole all the goods on boards and burnt the ship and all the people on it. Not only did he commit this act, but in an act of intimidation he would capture fishermen, cut them into pieces, and send the pieces to the local rulers. These acts were sponsored by the state! Now de Gama was not the only one to spill blood, even Magellan did as well. Magellan was used to using his artillery to frighten natives into submission. Although when he tried this at Mactan, the natives fought back. Magellan was hacked to pieces, instead of the natives.