In addition to banning slavery, the amendment outlawed the practice of involuntary servitude and peonage. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution did not end discrimination against those who had been enslaved and blacks. However, it ended slavery and began the long-term goal of achieving equality for all American
The fact that Balboa discovered the South Sea (current name at that time for the Pacific Ocean) meant that it was possible to reach Asia by sea going westward. This is what Magellan believed.