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Everyone knows that Ferdinand Magellan was the first person to circumnavigate the globe. But what if we told you you’ve been ...
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Magellan: The man and the myth
AROUND this time of year in 1521, the explorer Ferdinand Magellan was in Philippine waters. In a little over three weeks from ...
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The year was 1524, only two years after the 21 survivors of Magellan's voyage returned to port in southwestern Spain, having ...
The captain of that vessel, Edward L. Beach, always took as a reference for his mission the voyage begun by Magellan and completed by Elcano, to the point that he followed the same itinerary. Captain ...
But it took more than three months and Magellan was to die in one of the Philippines during a battle with the indigenous people for supplies. From then on the expedition was in command of the ...
The year was 1524, only two years after the 21 survivors of Magellan's voyage returned to port in southwestern Spain, having been the first to circumnavigate the globe. Magellan and most of the ...