The first voyage of Ferdinand Magellan's fleet set sail from Spain in 1519 with the goal of finding a western passage to the Spice Islands. After navigating through South America and losing some ships, Magellan's fleet became the first to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean by passing through the southern tip of South America. Magellan was killed in the Philippines but one of his ships eventually returned to Spain in 1522, having circumnavigated the globe for the first time and proving that the world was round.
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Antonio Pigafetta Pre-Colonial Culture of the Filipinos and the First Voyage Around the World
The first voyage of Ferdinand Magellan's fleet set sail from Spain in 1519 with the goal of finding a western passage to the Spice Islands. After navigating through South America and losing some ships, Magellan's fleet became the first to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean by passing through the southern tip of South America. Magellan was killed in the Philippines but one of his ships eventually returned to Spain in 1522, having circumnavigated the globe for the first time and proving that the world was round.
The first voyage of Ferdinand Magellan's fleet set sail from Spain in 1519 with the goal of finding a western passage to the Spice Islands. After navigating through South America and losing some ships, Magellan's fleet became the first to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean by passing through the southern tip of South America. Magellan was killed in the Philippines but one of his ships eventually returned to Spain in 1522, having circumnavigated the globe for the first time and proving that the world was round.