HISTORY
NEW GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
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Question
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Who was the first person to sail around the world?
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Magellan
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Columbus
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Elcano
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Dias
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Juan Sebastián de Elcano was the navigator whose expedition completed the first circumnavigation of the globe. He had been born in the Basque town of Guetaria in 1476 and died of scurvy in the Pacific Ocean in 1526.
Detailed explanation-2: -Juan Sebastián Elcano set sail for the Maluku Islands in 1519 as master of the Concepción. He was accompanied by 33 other men from the Basque Country.
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