Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Sunday, Sept. 1 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2. Five hundred years ago, Ferdinand Magellan and his crew set sail to gain control of the global spice trade. What resulted was the first circumnavigation of the earth, laying the groundwork for colonization and globalization still felt today.