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Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan , Port. Fernão de Magalhães, Span. Fernando de Magallanes, c.1480-1521, Portuguese navigator who sailed for Portugal and Spain. Born of a noble family, he was reared as a page in the royal household. He served (1505-12) in Portuguese India under Francisco de ... Read more |
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Strait of Magellan
Strait of Magellan c.330 mi (530 km) long and 2 1/2 to 15 mi (4-24 km) wide, separating South America from Tierra del Fuego and other islands south of the continent. Except for a few miles at its eastern end in Argentina, it passes through Chile. The strait, discovered by Ferdinand Magellan ... Read more |
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Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego , [Span.=land of fire], archipelago, 28,476 sq mi (73,753 sq km), off S South America, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan . It consists of one large island (sometimes called simply Tierra del Fuego), five medium-sized islands, and numerous small islands, islets,... Read more |
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Rio de la Plata
Río de la Plata , estuary, c.170 mi (270 km) long, SE South America, formed by the Paraná and Uruguay rivers. Between Argentina and Uruguay, the estuary is c.120 mi (190 km) wide at its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean and decreases to c.20 mi (30 km) near its head. Focal point of the... Read more |
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Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean largest and deepest ocean, c.70,000,000 sq mi (181,300,000 sq km), occupying about one third of the earth's surface; named by the explorer Ferdinand Magellan ; the southern part is also known as the South Sea. Physical Geography Extent and Seas The Pacific Ocean extends from the... Read more |
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Magellan, Ferdinand
Magellan, Ferdinand (c.1480–1521), Portuguese navigator...limitless amounts of spices.In 1512 Magellan returned to Portugal where he was raised...earlier.With his flag in the Trinidad, Magellan led his squadron of five ships across... |
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Tierra del Fuego
...Archipelago separated from mainland s South America by the Magellan Strait. It consists of one large island and other...The islands remained undiscovered by Europeans until Ferdinand Magellan landed in 1520. The Tierra del Fuego were not settled... |
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Chile
...are arms of the sea. In the far s, the Strait of Magellan separates the Chilean mainland from Tierra del Fuego...8000 years ago. In 1520, the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan became the first European to sight Chile. In 1541... |
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Philippines
...14th century. In 1521, the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan landed near Cebu. Spain began its conquest of the...subsequently reduced to 25 years from 1967). In 1965, Ferdinand Marcos became president. Marcos' response to mounting... |
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Mariana Islands
...and the islands of the Northern Marianas: Saipan, Tinian, Rota, Pagan, and 11 smaller islands. Discovered by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521, and named Islands of Thieves, the islands were renamed the Marianas in 1668. The Northern Marianas came... |
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Moluccas
...Sulawesi (w) and New Guinea (e); the capital is Ambon. The fabled Spice Islands were originally explored by Ferdinand Magellan in the early 16th century, and later settled by the Portuguese. The Dutch took the islands in the 17th century... |
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Guam
...largest of the Mariana Islands in the w Pacific Ocean; the capital is Agaña. An unincorporated US territory, Ferdinand Magellan discovered Guam in 1521. Spain ceded the island to the USA in 1898. Guam was the first US territory to be occupied... |
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magellanic clouds
magellanic clouds, a popular name for the two nebiculae, or cloudy-looking areas in the southern sky, which comprise a great number of small stars much resembling the Milky Way. They were named after Ferdinand Magellan. |
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Terra Australis Incognita
...almost up to the equator. The rounding of the Cape of Good Hope by Bartholomew Diaz in 1478 and of South America by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520 stimulated the search for this unknown continent by many navigators, but notably by Tasman and then by... |
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Verrazzano, Giovanni da
...years he made a number of trading voyages to the Levant and appears to have met, and discussed navigation with, Ferdinand Magellan before the latter set off on his circumnavigation.By 1523 Verrazzano had interested François I in a project of... |
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Magellan, Ferdinand
Magellan, Ferdinand (Portuguese name Fernão Magalhães) (c.1480–1521) Portuguese explorer. In 1519, while in the service of Spain, he... |
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Magellan
Magellan an American space probe, launched in...was named for the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (c.1480–1521), whose expedition...circumnavigate the globe, although Magellan himself was killed in a skirmish before... |
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Magellan, Strait of
Magellan, Strait of (Spanish: Estrecho de Magallanes), Chile Discovered in 1520 by, and named after, Ferdinand Magellan†. |
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Pacific Ocean
...Ocean Sea of the South The largest of the world's oceans, it was named by Ferdinand Magellan†. Having endured a rough and stormy passage through the Strait of Magellan, he appreciated the ocean's calm and quiet waters as he crossed it in... |
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Guam
...have been discovered by the Portuguese navigator, Ferdinand Magellan†, in 1521; he named the Mariana Islands, of which Guam...inhabitants. The island was claimed by Spain in 1565 (Magellan having sailed in the service of Spain). It was ceded... |
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Cape Virgenes
Cape Virgenes, Argentina ‘Cape of the Virgins’, so named by Ferdinand Magellan† who sighted it on 21 October 1521, then the feast day of St Ursula and the legendary 11 000 virgins. Her feast day was removed from... |
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exploration
...China. Probably with the aim of reaching the East, Christopher COLUMBUS crossed the North Atlantic (1492) and Ferdinand MAGELLAN found the strait which enabled him to reach the Chinese coast (1521). The North American landmass was such a... |
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Lapu‐Lapu
Lapu‐Lapu, Mactan/Philippines Opon Renamed after Chief Lapulapu who killed the Portuguese navigator, Ferdinand Magellan†, in April 1521 on Mactan Island. |
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Magallanes y La Antarctica Chilena
Magallanes y La Antarctica Chilena, Chile A region created in 1974 and named after Ferdinand Magellan†. |
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Northern Mariana Islands
...Islas das Veles, Islas dos Ladrões Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands since 1986. Discovered in 1521 by Ferdinand Magellan†, who named them, first, the ‘Island of Sails’ and then, with disgust, ‘Thieves’ Islands' from... |
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Ferdinand Magellan's landing at Homonhon recalled.(Provincial News)
...to where the first mass in the Philippines was held, there is no debate as to where Ferdinand Magellan had first set foot in the country. Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who led the first successful expedition around the world... |
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Showing Ferdinand Magellan's ruhles side.(BOOKS)
...WASHINGTON TIMES What kind of a guy was Magellan anyhow? This not-so-burning question...whenever possible. He's turned Ferdinand Magellan into a kind of action hero, but not a very nice one. Magellan, in this telling, was a ruthless... |
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Ferdinand Magellan and his discovery of the Philippines.(Opinion)
...to Spain, and took the name Ferdinand Magellan. King Charles appointed him...lapu. His demise prevented Ferdinand Magellan from reaching his goal - the...him - sailed back to Spain. Ferdinand Magellan and the Spaniards thus ... |
 "Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India)")
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El Nino might have influenced Ferdinand Magellan's historic Pacific voyage
...a major factor that influenced Ferdinand Magellan's historic circumnavigation...might have played in easing his Magellan's passage across the Pacific...from his intended destination. Magellan started his voyage from Spain... |
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Fair weather anomaly helped historic Magellan voyage.(Ferdinand Magellan )
...Unseasonably good weather may have helped Ferdinand Magellan and his fleet complete the first...that the pioneering course set by Magellan and his crew during an expedition...route now known as the Straits of Magellan, instead of being faced with... |
 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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Strait talk: Sail along Magellan's route.(Ferdinand Magellan )
...Spurned by the king of Portugal, Ferdinand Magellan headed for Spain to offer his...birth. On Sept. 20, 1519, Magellan and 270 men on a fleet of five...sailing around South America. Magellan was killed in the Philippines... |
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1522 Ferdinand Magellan's ship, the Vittoria, arrived in Spain, after......
1522 Ferdinand Magellan's ship, the Vittoria, arrived in Spain, after completing the first circumnavigation of the world. Magellan had been killed on the island of Mactan. 1533 Queen Elizabeth was... |
 "The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)")
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OBIT - CLARK, FERDINAND MAGELLAN JR.
CLARK, Ferdinand Magellan Jr., 78, of Clifton Forge, died Wednesday, February 20, 2002. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church, Clifton Forge. Arrangements by Nicely Funeral Home. |
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OBIT - CLARK, FERDINAND MAGELLAN JR., (FRED)
CLARK, Ferdinand Magellan Jr., (Fred), 78, of Clifton Forge, died Wednesday, February 20, 2002. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Nicely Funeral Home, Clifton Forge. |
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In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by
In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines. In 1570, Pope Pius V excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I. In 1805, during the First... |
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