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packman

(16,296 posts) Mon Sep 23, 2019, 11:34 AM Sep 2019

Magellan WASN'T the first person to sail around the world - .Enrique, an enslaved man Magellan had with him, was the first to circumnavigate the globe.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/09/magellan-first-sail-around-world-think-again/

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Let me correct you about this 500 year ago event (Original Post) packman Sep 2019 OP

The one surviving ship was captained by Juan Sebastian Elcano Wolf Frankula Sep 2019 #2

(36,249 posts)

1. Yep. Enrique was captured in the East Indies and used Magellan as a way to return home. nt

Mon Sep 23, 2019, 11:59 AM

Sep 2019

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2. The one surviving ship was captained by Juan Sebastian Elcano

Tue Sep 24, 2019, 09:54 PM

Sep 2019

A Basque sailor.

Wolf

(23,596 posts)

3. So were all surviving original crew the first men to circumvent the globe.

Sat Sep 28, 2019, 02:55 PM

Sep 2019

Last edited Sat Sep 28, 2019, 06:12 PM - Edit history (1)

Why just give credit to the leader whether it was Ferdinand Magellan or Juan Sebastian Elcano. They couldn't have done it without a crew.