1. One of Ferdinand Magellan ’s five ships—the Victoria— arrives at Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, thus completing the first Circumnavigation of …

2. Discover a world of information on explorers and Conquistadors like Christopher Columbus, Francis Drake, Henry Hudson, Ferdinand Magellan, Hernan Cortes, and Amelia Earhart.

3. The Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan is often credited as being the first person to have Circumnavigated the globe, but the reality of his journey is a bit more complicated.

4. The Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan is often credited as being the first person to have Circumnavigated the globe, but the reality of his journey is a bit more complicated

5. First Circumnavigation of the globe The first Circumnavigation of the globe was led by Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, who was charged with finding a Spanish route to the Moluccas

6. Circumnavigation originally meant going around something, by ship.Usually, it means people going around the world.The first known Circumnavigation was done by Fernão de Magalhães (Ferdinand Magellan), from 1519 to 1522