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Chile to Pay Belated Honors to First Man to Circle the Globe
Chile plans ceremonies in Punta Arenas and Santiago to honor Magellan four centuries after his voyage. A bronze statue will mark the observance, with Chile, Portugal, and Spain invited to participate. The account reviews Magellan’s route, mutinies, the mutiny’s suppression, the circumnavigation’s ending, and the fate of crew and ships, noting the long voyage and the first global circumnavigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
Erdinand Magellan
South America
Pacific
Philippines
Magellan
John Fiske
Columbus
Spice Islands
Far East
Spain
Globe
Portugal
Hls
Punta Arenas
Santiago
Fernng Magalhnnes
Pame
Vicenza
Antonio Pigafetta
Shakespeare
Caliban
Setebos
Patagonians
Pigafetta
New
Indies
Manuel
Seville
Charles V
Guadalquivir
Trinidad
Ferdinand Magellan
Estevan Gomez
San Antonio
Juan de
Canaries
Brazil
Pernambuco
St. Julian
Mendoza
Victoria
Ovieepetan
Great Western Ocean
Nunez de Balboa
Darien
Hispaniola
Bay of
Sao Miguel
Panama
South Sea
Cortez
Francia Drake
Ladrones
Saint Lazarus
Mactan
Matan
Cebu
Concepcion
Sebastian Elcano
Port St. Julian
Borneo
Cape of Africa
Moluccas
Expindia
Cape of Good Hope
Equator
Cape Verde