Tagged: Portuguese Explorers
Ferdinand Magellan is a towering figure in the history of exploration, not so much for his scientific contributions but for the transformative voyages he undertook. For example, historian Laurence Bergreen...
Magellan’s Passage, more commonly known as the Strait of Magellan, is a navigable sea route in southern Chile that separates mainland South America to the north and Tierra del Fuego...
Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães in Portuguese, Fernando de Magallanes in Spanish) was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, proving that the Earth is...