HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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creating the first permanent settlements in the New World
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Defeating the Spanish Armada
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Defeating the Aztecs
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Circumnavigating the world
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521) was a Portuguese explorer who is credited with masterminding the first expedition to circumnavigate the world. Magellan was sponsored by Spain to travel west across the Atlantic in search of the East Indies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Elcano and his sailors stand as the first people to have successfully voyaged around the world as part of a single journey, but they might not be the first humans to have circumnavigated the globe over the course of a lifetime. Opinions differ, but many historians give the honor to Magellan’s Malay slave, Enrique.
Detailed explanation-3: -One of Ferdinand Magellan’s five ships-the Victoria-arrives at Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, thus completing the first circumnavigation of the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ferdinand Magellan (1480 – 1521) was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth, completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano.