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It was the first European voyage to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa. It was the first voyage to circumnavigate, or sail around, the globe. It was the first voyage to sail through he Northwest Passage.
Ferdinand Magellan
The Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan and the Spanish fleet, proved the world was round. They were the first to circumnavigate around the world and complete the first voyage around the world.
He was the first English man to circumnavigate (sail around the whole world), he looted Spanish settlements in S.America.
It was the first voyage to circumnavigate, or sail around, the globe.
Magellan WAS the first person to circumnavigate the earth. He died on the voyage, though.
Ferdinand Magellan set sail in 1519 . He was a Potugese sailor , but undertook the voyage under the flag of Spain. He died in the Philippines , and never made the return voyage, but as Captain of the Fleet , the credit is still given to him.
portuguese sailor
The first person to direct a voyage to circumnavigate the globe was Ferdinand Magellan in 1522, though he died a year earlier in 1521.
Ferdinand Magellan's voyage was the first to sail around the world. Magellan himself died on the voyage, and only 19 of his 237 crew survived the trip.
Ferdinand Magellan led the first successful expedition to circumnavigate the globe, but he died before he finished the voyage. His crew made it back however. he was the first leader to circumnavigate however, it was not sure if he really the one who succesfully traveled all around the globe because he has a company who already traveled the world before him. He was said to be the first to circumnavigate the earth
Ferdinand Magellan led the first successful expedition to circumnavigate the globe, but he died before he finished the voyage. His crew made it back however. he was the first leader to circumnavigate however, it was not sure if he really the one who succesfully traveled all around the globe because he has a company who already traveled the world before him. He was said to be the first to circumnavigate the earth