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Magellans crew sailed around the world west.
150 Crew Men Sailed Around The World.
i think it was jacquez
Ferdinand Magellan's crew (this was the first expedition; he died but his crew made it) Sir Francis Drake (later on)
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan's crew sailed around the world. After Magellan was killed in a battle in the Philippines, the crew continued on. When Victoria, the one surviving ship, returned to the harbor of departure after completing the first circumnavigation of the Earth, only 18 men out of the original 237 men were on board.
I don't believe he dicovered anything, but was the first captain that's crew sailed around the world, but he died doing it.
The credit has been given to Ferdinand Magellan although he failed to circumnavigate the globe in his effort in any single try. His combined efforts allow his name to receive the credit. Ferdinand Magellan and his crew sailed around the world.
Eratosthenes: Computed the diameter of the Earth (to within 6%) around 238 BC. Magellan (or at least his ship and a lot of his crew): sailed around the world.
Ferdinand Magellan. Although he personally didn't survive the ordeal, his ship and crew did.
He didn't claim any. He sailed around the world and died in the Philippines, but his crew kept sailing and eventually got home.
After Gallileo made the concept of the earth being round public Ferdinand Magellan and his crew of 237 men sailed the earth for the first time. Only 19 of Magellan's crew survived.