28th November 1520: Magellan sails from the Atlantic to the Pacific

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28th November 2018

28th November 1520: Magellan sails from the Atlantic to the Pacific

On the 28^th November 1520, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan led the first European ships from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific as part of his planned circumnavigation of the earth.

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#South America
#Spain

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