‘Uncharted': Is Magellan’s Lost Treasure Real?
thewrap.comfaberge eggs that supposedly belonged to Cleopatra, as introduced in “Red Notice,” never existed. But “Uncharted” is a bit different.Granted, it doesn’t deviate much from the standard treasure hunt plot.
Based on the PlayStation and Naughty Dog video games, “Uncharted” sees Nathan Drake and Sully going to a lot of different places, doing a whole lot of stunts along the way, and getting bamboozled by real and fake clues alike.But in this movie, they are indeed after a treasure that actually exists in the real world…kind of.The “Uncharted” film largely draws from the fourth game of the video game series: “Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End.” (It borrows some scenes from other installments in the franchise though, like the cargo plane scene.
That comes from the third game).In reality, no, Ferdinand Magellan never went on a hunt for or found $5 billion worth of gold.
He did, as the movie said, go on a journey to circumnavigate the globe. He wasn’t looking for treasure though; he simply wanted to establish trade routes.“Uncharted” is also accurate in pointing out that Magellan never actually made it all the way around; he died on the journey.
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