Multiple choice general knowledge history

Who was the first navigator to go around the world?

  1. Francis Drake

  2. Bartholomeu Dias

  3. Ferdinand Magellan

  4. Christopher Columbus
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Explanation

Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition that successfully circumnavigated the globe (1519-1522), though Magellan himself was killed in the Philippines in 1521. The voyage was completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano. Francis Drake later circumnavigated (1577-1580).

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