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Around the World.(Ferdinand Magellan)
; There's the Magellan spacecraft, the first to thoroughly map Venus. There's a Magellan mutual fund, a Magellan healthcare insurance company, and dozens of other businesses...But that admiration may be misdirected. It seems that Ferdinand Magellan's slave, Enrique, was actually the first man to ...
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Ferdinand Magellan's landing at Homonhon recalled.(Provincial News)
; ...commemorated the 487th anniversary of Magellan landing in the Philippines, particularly...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...
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Fair weather anomaly helped historic Magellan voyage.(Ferdinand Magellan )
; ...good weather may have helped Ferdinand Magellan and his fleet complete the first...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...
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A new wrinkle.(allegations that Portuguese first charted South America, before Ferdinand Magellan)(Brief Article)
; Pity Ferdinand Magellan. Several months ago, British amateur...at the Library of Congress, another Magellan first is being challenged. Former CIA...to Dickson, at least 15 years before Magellan's 1520 passage through the strait at...
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Showing Ferdinand Magellan's ruhles side.(BOOKS)
; ...What kind of a guy was Magellan anyhow? This not-so-burni...possible. He's turned Ferdinand Magellan into a kind of action...not a very nice one. Magellan, in this telling, was...loving zeal, and places Magellan's achievements as an...
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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...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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Ferdinand Magellan & the Mona Lisa
; Ferdinand Magellan was: ! The first person to walk around the world ! The first person to fly around the world ! The first person to sail around the...
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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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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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Navigating hard disks. (Software Review) (Lotus Development Corp.'s Magellan) (evaluation)
; ...territory can be tough work. Take Ferdinand Magellan, the 16th century Portuguese...hard disk information manager, Magellan, will help keep things in perspective...local DOS operations easier. But Magellan adds some sophisticated search...
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