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Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second-in-command Juan Sebastián Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines.
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Portuguese explorer (1480–1521)
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519–22 Spanish expedition to the East Indies. During this expedition, he also discovered the Strait of Magellan, allowing his fleet to pass from the Atlantic into the Pacific Ocean and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Capital and largest city of Andalusia and the province of Seville in Spain
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Basques
Ethnic group
The Basques are a Southwestern European ethnic group, characterised by the Basque language, a common culture, shared genetic ancestry to the ancient Vascones and Aquitanians, and are considered among the last remaining Paleo-European populations in Europe. Basques are indigenous…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Basque seafarer and circumnavigator
Juan Sebastián Elcano was a Spanish navigator, ship-owner and explorer of Basque origin, ship-owner and explorer from Getaria, part of the Crown of Castile when he was born, best known for having completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth in the Spanish ship Victoria on…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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