1 marzo 1519 anni - Ferdinand Magellan (First Circumnavigation)

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Ferdinand Magellan probed the eastern coast of South America in search of a strait leading to the Pacific Ocean (Strait of Magellan) and said through it before taking provisions at Guam 4 months later. During this time, the crew nearly succumbed to starvation and diseases like scurvy. After landing in Guam, Magellan proceeded to the Philippine Islands where a political dispute led to his death and the deaths of several members of the crew. The rest of the crew continued on to the spice islands of Malaku where they took on a profitable cargo of cloves and then sailed home through the familliar waters of the Indian Ocean, completing the first circumnavigation of the world.

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