Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer sailing for Spain, is credited with discovering the Philippines in 1521 during his expedition to find a western route to the Spice Islands.
The Bering Strait is named after the Danish explorer Vitus Bering, who was the first European to explore the strait in 1728 on an expedition for the Russian Navy.
Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain, is generally considered the first European to reach the Philippines in 1521. However, it was the Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi who established the first permanent Spanish settlement in Cebu in 1565, marking the start of Spanish colonization in the Philippines.
Victoria Falls was first discovered by a European explorer, David Livingstone, in 1855. Livingstone named the falls in honor of Queen Victoria of Britain.
The Mariana Islands were discovered by the Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 during his circumnavigation voyage.
Dutch explorer, Jacob Roggeveen, was the first European to discover the island on Easter day in 1722, hence the name Easter Island. However, settlers from the Marquesas Islands had discovered the island about 1,200-1,400 years earlier.
The European explorer who discovered the Philippines and claimed them for King Philip II of Spain was Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. Magellan's expedition marked the beginning of Spanish colonization in the Philippines.
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Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer, discovered a strait in the Pacific Ocean that is now named the Strait of Magellan in his honor. He also led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe and reached the Philippines in 1521, where he was killed during a battle with the indigenous people.
The Philippines was discovered at March 1521.
Ferdinand Magellan is credited with the European discovery of the Philippines in 1521 during his global circumnavigation voyage.
Henry Hudson.
Abel Janszoon Tasman was the Dutch explorer who first discovered New Zealand but he did not set foot on land there.
The Bering Strait is named after the Danish explorer Vitus Bering, who was the first European to explore the strait in 1728 on an expedition for the Russian Navy.
The Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Philippines in 1521 during his expedition to find a western route to the Spice Islands. This marked the beginning of Spanish colonization in the Philippines.
It is not known who actually discovered the Great Sandy Desert, but the first European explorer to cross it was Colonel Peter Warburton, who did so in 1873.