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The explorer who discovered the straits around the southern tip of South America in 1520 and whose crew completed first circumnavigation of the world was Ferdinand Magellan. The straits were named after him in his honor.
Captained the first circumnavigation expedition.
USS Nautilus
submarine successfully completed the first fully-submerged circumnavigation of the earth in 60 days and 21 hours?HMNGOMEZ-USS Triton (SSRN-586)
The Challenger expedition of 1872 to 1876 was the first expedition entirely devoted to marine science.
Magellan's expedition of 1519-1522 became the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean (then named "peaceful sea" by Magellan; the passage being made via the Strait of Magellan), and the first to cross the Pacific. It also completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth, although Magellan himself did not complete the entire voyage, being killed during the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines.
Ferdinand Magellan was the one of the well-known in the field of the world's exploration. He was born in the year 1480 in Portugal and he organized the expedition that resulted the first Earth circumnavigation and its been completed by Juan Sebastian Elcano after he died on Mactan Battle.
Ferdinand Magellan
The Portuguese explorer died at age 40 or 41 in 1521, while captaining a Spanish expedition that achieved the first circumnavigation of the world. He was killed in battle with natives in the Philippines. Only 1 of his 5 ships and 18 of his 250 men completed the entire journey.
The Portuguese explorer died at age 40 or 41 in 1521, while captaining a Spanish expedition that achieved the first circumnavigation of the world. He was killed in battle with natives in the Philippines. Only 1 of his 5 ships and 18 of his 250 men completed the entire journey.
No he didn't find a route to Asia because he was killed at the Philippines. One of his ships eventually completed the first circumnavigation of the world.