Multiple choice general knowledge history

Name the explorer who led the first expedition that successfully circumnavigated the globe.

  1. Sebastian Cabot

  2. Henry Hudson

  3. Ferdinand Magellan

  4. Vasco de Gama
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Explanation

Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition that successfully circumnavigated the globe, from 1519 to 1522. Though Magellan himself was killed in the Philippines in 1521, his fleet continued under Juan Sebastian Elcano, completing the circumnavigation. This proved the Earth could be circled by sea and opened global trade routes.

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