The first successful expedition to circumnavigate the globe was Ferdinand Magellan. The Portuguese explorer sailed around the Earth from 1519 to 1522.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronando
Francisco Pizarro Spain
The leader of the expedition to the place that became Jamestown, VA was Captain John Smith. He was an explorer, adventurer, and an able administrator.
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The first person to direct a voyage to circumnavigate the globe was Ferdinand Magellan in 1522, though he died a year earlier in 1521.
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The first expedition around the globe was led by Ferdinand Magellan.
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Jaques Cartier 1535
Jacques Cartier 1535
I'm pretty sure it was Ferdinand Magellan!! (:
Hernando de Soto was the first person to lead an expedition to the Mississippi river.
De Soto led an expedition as an explorer and then went to Mexico.
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan, who led the first expedition to sail around the world, exploring routes across the Pacific Ocean in the early 16th century.
Bartolomeu Dias. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.