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Magellan   /mədʒˈɛlən/   Listen
Magellan

noun
1.
Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521).  Synonyms: Ferdinand Magellan, Fernao Magalhaes.



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... and Political: Their Description, Product, Religion, Government, Laws, Languages, Customs, Manners, Habits, Shape, and Inclinations of the Natives. With an Account of many other adjacent Islands, and several remarkable Voyages through the Streights of Magellan, and in other Parts. Written in Spanish by Bartholomew Leonardo Argensola, Chaplain to the Empress, and Rector of Villahermosa. Now translated into English; and illustrated with a Map and ...
— A New Voyage to Carolina • John Lawson

... story of Admiral Olivier van Noort and the poor Vice-Admiral Jan Claesz van Ilpendam, who was put ashore in the Strait of Magellan for insubordination. It interested all, and called forth a lively discussion, in which the entire family as well as ...
— Walter Pieterse - A Story of Holland • Multatuli

... necessary after Balboa had crossed the isthmus of Panama and looked out upon the endless waters of the Pacific, and after Magellan and his Spanish comrades had sailed round the foot of the continent, and then pressed on across the Pacific to the real Indies. It was now clear that America was a different region from Asia. Even then the old error died hard. Long after the ...
— The Dawn of Canadian History: A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada • Stephen Leacock

... out of port excepting under escort of powerful men-of-war, and even then they were not always secure from molestation. Exports from Central and South America were sent to Europe by way of the Strait of Magellan, and little or none went through the passes between the Bahamas ...
— Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates • Howard I. Pyle

... only what towers above us, that makes our islands rich. Dig at your feet, and you will find valuable minerals! Magellan, the Spaniard, first discovered the Philippine Islands while he was on a search for gold, though I think a rubber tree, or a bamboo, is more valuable than gold," said ...
— Fil and Filippa - Story of Child Life in the Philippines • John Stuart Thomson


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