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Ferdinand Magellan's journey around the world lasted about three years, from 1519 to 1522. Magellan himself died during the expedition in the Philippines, but his crew completed the first circumnavigation of the globe.
The first expedition around the globe was led by Ferdinand Magellan.
The last commander that survived was Juan Sebastian Elcano. He returned to Spain with the Victoria and the surviving members of the expedition.
Magellan was the first explorer to organize an expedition which successfully circumnavigated the Earth. Despite existing mathematics and science that stated the Earth was round, Magellan's expedition conclusively proved this fact by traveling around it themselves. (Magellan himself did not survive the entire journey, as he was killed in a battle against Filipino natives on April 27, 1521).
Magellan himself died in the Philippines in 1521, eighteen months before his around the world voyage was completed in 1522. Only one of his five ships, Victoria, completed the circumnavigation of the globe, with just 18 survivors of the 250 who started the journey. Magellan's successor as captain, the Spaniard Juan Sebastian Elcano, decided to continue to sail west after Magellan's death.The main record of the voyage is the journal was kept by the Italian scholar Antonio Pigafetta, who served as an assistant to both captains.
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Ferdinand Magellan organized the first expedition to go entirely around the world. Though the goal was reached, Magellan was killed along the way and was not to see his expedition complete his goal.