Magellan Circumnavigates the earth - 1519 - 1522
The word 'circumnavigates' simply means to go around the world. Magellan, a Portuguese sea captain, was the first to travel by sea all the way around the world, although Magellan actually was killed in the Philippines before he would have made it back around to Spain.
Magellan had five ships for this voyage; The Conception, San Antonio, Santiago, Trinidad, and Victoria. This voyage was funded by the King of Spain, Charles I.
While they were on the trip, mutiny broke out, and the mutineer was executed, and also two of the followers were marooned. Once this was over, the fleet set out again.
The 'Strait of Magellan' was a passage to the Pacific, that was discovered by Magellan while he was on this voyage. Magellan himself never made it back to Spain, but one of the ships did. Eighteen of the people that started on this voyage returned on that ship. This was in 1522, almost three years after the expedition began.
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