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    Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519–22 Spanish expedition to the East...
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    The Magellan expedition (10 August or 20 September 1519 – 6 September 1522) was the first voyage around the world in human history. It was a Spanish expedition...
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    The Magellan expedition, sometimes termed the Magellan–Elcano expedition, was a 16th-century Spanish expedition planned and led by Portuguese explorer...
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    The Strait of Magellan (Spanish: Estrecho de Magallanes), also called the Straits of Magellan, is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland...
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    Enrique of Malacca (category Magellan expedition)
    Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1511 at the age of 14 years, probably in the early stages of the capture of Malacca. Magellan's will calls him "a native...
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  • Filipino statesman Fernando de Lucia, Italian tenor Fernando Luiz Roza, Brazilian footballer Fernando de Magallanes (Ferdinand Magellan), Portuguese explorer...
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    Juan Sebastián Elcano (category Mutineers against Magellan)
    first circumnavigation of the Earth in the Spanish ship Victoria on the Magellan expedition to the Spice Islands. He received recognition for his achievement...
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  • Lapulapu (category Magellan expedition)
    forces led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his native allies Rajah Humabon and Datu Zula. Magellan's death in battle ended his voyage of circumnavigation...
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    east, and many bodies of water that connect them, such as the Strait of Magellan, the Beagle Channel, and the Drake Passage to the south. The Colorado and...
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  • Myxine debueni, the Magellan hagfish, is a species of jawless fish in the family Myxinidae. It is found off the coast of southernmost Chile, where it is...
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    The East Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Strait of Magellan Dispute or the Patagonia Question was the boundary dispute between Argentina and Chile during...
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    de Cauit. In 1882, the town was renamed to Fernando, in honor of Ferdinand Magellan. The town of San Fernando was established in 1636 as Visita de Cauit...
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    Magallanes, referring both to Ferdinand Magellan (known as Fernando Magallanes in Spanish) and the Strait of Magellan, was chosen by the founding members...
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  • Chiloé Archipelago to 50° S and the Alacalufe from 46° S to the Strait of Magellan. Thus both groups overlapped in Gulf of Penas, Guayaneco Archipelago and...
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    from Europe, Magellan offered his services to King Charles I of Spain (Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor). On September 20, 1519, Magellan led five ships...
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    province. The municipality is named after Ferdinand Magellan, who was known in Spanish as Fernando de Magallanes. Magallanes began its history as a barrio...
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    Brazilian farmer and businessman Fernando Magalhães, Brazilian obstetrician Fernão de Magalhães (Ferdinand Magellan) (1480–1521), Portuguese explorer...
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    related to Philippine history. Examples of these are the large images of Magellan and the Natives and The Discovery of the Philippines. The latter was painted...
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    João Serrão (category Magellan expedition)
    with Magellan's in-law Duarte Barbosa. (Fernando died shortly thereafter on Ternate, also owing to his involvement in local politics.) Magellan's will...
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    Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805–1894), French developer of the Suez Canal Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521), Portuguese sea captain (serving Spain), leader of the first...
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    called it the "South Sea" on the south coast of Panama); and Ferdinand Magellan, who first sailed that ocean to East Asia. In 1530, de Soto became a regidor...
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    Brunswick Peninsula to assert sovereignty over the strategic Strait of Magellan. Early sheep herding activity in the Chilean colony was very modest. The...
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    Troides magellanus, the Magellan birdwing, is a large and striking species of birdwing butterfly found in the Philippines and on Taiwan's Orchid Island...
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    Magellan was at times patrolled by fleets sent to prevent entrance of non-Spanish ships. To end navigation by rival powers in the Strait of Magellan Spanish...
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    when Miguel López de Legazpi led an expedition back to the island. When Magellan and crew arrived in 1521 CE, the Europeans did not mention or state a thriving...
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    exploring the Americas. The voyage of Ferdinand Magellan continued towards the south, passed the Strait of Magellan and eventually completed the first circumnavigation...
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    Sebastián Elcano Vasco da Gama Prince Henry Willem Janszoon Ferdinand Magellan Gerardus Mercator Vicente Yáñez Pinzón Francisco Pizarro Marco Polo Juan...
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    capital of the Chilean Antarctic Province, one of four provinces in the Magellan and Chilean Antarctica Region, and administers the communes of Chilean...
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  • of Fernão de Magalhães (i.e. Ferdinand Magellan) in Philippine waters in March–April 1521. It talks of Magellan and his fleet anchoring in Butuan and planting...
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    naval officer, senator and governor of Punta Arenas in the Straits of Magellan. He was killed during the Mutiny of Cambiazo in 1851. Muñoz Gamero Peninsula...
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