Why was the trip of megellan difficult ?

Magellan did nothing to promote Spanish trust, keeping the route a tight secret until the ships were at see. His plan relied on Portuguese sailing routes, which were known to him but unfamiliar to many of his crew. As the armada crossed the Atlantic, moral declined precipitously.

Explanation:

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well the fact it is basically a peninsula allowed trade to come from many places, thus allowing cultural diffusion to take place. india has seasonal monsoons that merchants travel back and forth from india using the monsoons wind patterns