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 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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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 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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Enrique of Malacca (category Magellan expedition)
explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1511 at the age of 14 years, probably in the early stages of the capture of Malacca. Although Magellan's will calls him "a...
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Fernando de Lucia, Italian tenor Fernando Luiz Roza, Brazilian footballer Fernando de Magallanes (Ferdinand Magellan), Portuguese explorer who organized...
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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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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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Navegantes del Magallanes (redirect from Magellan's Navigators)
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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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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Myxine debueni (redirect from Magellan hagfish)
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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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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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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Cebu (section Report from the Magellan expedition)
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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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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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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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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Troides magellanus (redirect from Magellan Birdwing)
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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Brazilian farmer and businessman Fernando Magalhães, Brazilian obstetrician Fernão de Magalhães (Ferdinand Magellan) (1480–1521), Portuguese explorer...
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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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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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Philip II of Spain (section Strait of Magellan)
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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Hernando de Soto (redirect from Fernando De Soto)
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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named after Spanish explorer Juan Sebastián Elcano, captain of Ferdinand Magellan's last exploratory fleet and the man who completed the first circumnavigation...
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Visayans were illiterate up until the later half of the 16th century. When Magellan and crew arrived in 1521 CE, the Europeans did not mention or state a thriving...
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war battles in the Strait of Magellan, on 15 December 1914 Chile declared that the internal waters of the Strait of Magellan as well as the channels around...
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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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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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Portuguese) Beach, Edward L. November 1960 (Vol. 118, No. 5). "Triton Follows Magellan's Wake" National Geographic Magazine. 585-615 Bonatti, E. 1990. Subcontinental...
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