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#OnThisDay in 1519, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan sailed with about 270 men on his expedition to the East Indies, which achieved the first circumnavigation of Earth in history.

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’d temper that claim with “first known circumnavigation” so that “history” doesn’t have to do so much work.

Also, has the Gregorian/Julian calendar switch of 1582 been taken into consideration?

[–] stefan@stefanbohacek.online 1 points 10 months ago

@adespoton@lemmy.ca Ah, fair point, I added "recorded". And added the source link from Wikipedia!

And as for the question, I am not too sure, sorry!