COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Vasco Nunez Balboa
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Vasco de Gama
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Christopher Columbus
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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: -In September 1519, Magellan set sail from Spain with five ships. Three years later only one ship, the Victoria (depicted on a 1590 map), made it back to Spain after circumnavigating the world. Five hundred years ago, Ferdinand Magellan began a historic journey to circumnavigate the globe. Simple, right?
Detailed explanation-3: -On Sept. 20, 1519, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, with five ships and a crew of 270 men, set sail from Sanlucar de Barrameda in southern Spain, on what would become the first circumnavigation of the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -Enrique accompanied Magellan on all his voyages, including the voyage that circumnavigated the world between 1519 and 1521.