FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH EXPLORERS
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Leif Erikson
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Christopher Columbus
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Hernando de Soto
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Detailed explanation-1: -Magellan himself was killed in battle on the voyage, but his ambitious expedition proved that the globe could be circled by sea and that the world was much larger than had previously been imagined.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) was the first person to circumnavigate the globe. The Straits of Magellan along the tip of South America bear his name because he successfully navigated them to reach the Pacific Ocean.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ferdinand Magellan is best known for being an explorer for Portugal, and later Spain, who discovered the Strait of Magellan while leading the first expedition to successfully circumnavigate the globe. He died en route and Juan Sebastián del Cano completed it.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Magellan-Elcano Expedition was a pioneering journey of exploration that provided the first practical proof the Earth is round.