On Saturday (02.03.2024), “Fair Winds and Following Seas” hosted Emeritus Professor of the Department of History and Archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, K. Ioannis Chasiotis. He told us about his research and history, where he has spent his whole life teaching young people, writing books, texts and articles about Greeks, about Greek-Spanish and Greek-Armenian relations.
His latest book, “Odysseus in the seas of South: The Greek presence in the overseas possessions of Spain” (University Studio Press), deals with the Greek presence in the first circumnavigation of the earth, which begun by Ferdinand Magellan and was completed by Sebastian , aboard the ship Victoria. The Greek seafarers who took part originating from Rhodes, Chios, Naxos, Corfu, Nafplio. Those were the navigator Francisco Albo -author of the expedition’s logbook, Miguel de Rodas, Felipe de Rodas, Miguel Sánchez de Rodas, Simon de Axio, Antonio de Axio, Nicolao Griego and Jorge Juan Griego.