Radar images from the old Magellan mission add new fuel to the debate. By Rahul Rao. Posted on Mar 17, 2023. A Magellan radar image of Maat Mons on Venus in 1991.

240 men started Magellan's voyage around the world. ... By 1505 the 25-year-old Magellan was with the Portuguese fleet heading around the Cape, and up the other side, to East Africa.