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Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand
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Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain

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According to Wikipedia, Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519 Spanish expedition to the East Indies across the Pacific Ocean to open a maritime trade route, during which he discovered the interoceanic passage thereafter bearing his name and achieved the first European navigation to Asia via the Pacific.

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