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500 years ago, Ferdinand Magellan sailed from Spain to find a western passage to the Indies. He did not survive but three years later his ship Victoria completed the first circumnavigation of
Magellan's expedition circumnavigates globe One of Ferdinand Magellan's five ships–the Vittoria–arrives at SanlÚcar de Barrameda in Spain, thus... | By American Legion Post 372, Mandarin, FL | Facebook
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