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Ferdinand-Magellan

Books 4 years ago

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'The Untold Magellan Story': New nonfiction reveals 1519 global circumnavigation journey in Magellan's words

A newly published book on Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe reveals that a native of modern-day Sumatra had a hand in cementing the Portuguese navigator's place in history.

Art & Culture 6 years ago

500 years ago, Europeans set off to explore the world

The expedition that circumnavigated the globe via the oceans for the first time 500 years ago is among the major journeys of discovery by European explorers in the 15th and 16th centuries.