Magellan knew that the world was round but underestimated its size, thinking that the Moluccas must be situated just west of the American continent, not on the other side of a great uncharted ocean. The king accepted the plan, and on September 20, 1519, Magellan set sail from Spain in command of five ships and 270 men.
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The Victoria and its crew were the first to sail around the world. The journey around the world took ... Magellan thought there was a shorter route around South America and across the Pacific Ocean. Like Columbus, Magellan had studied Ptolemy. But, Ptolemy underestimated the size of the ocean and the size of the earth.
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Because it was calm, Magellan named the ocean Pacific. Although favored by the weather, the fleet suffered greatly in another way. Magellan had underestimated the ocean's size, ... The passage through the Strait of Magellan was an impractical route to the Moluccas, and Spain sold its interests there to Portugal.
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More uncertain was its size. Columbus underestimated the extent of the globe, believing Japan was only 2,760 nautical miles off the Canary Islands, when in fact it was more than four times that distance. ... Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) was the Portuguese native, who found the safe passage through the Americas to...
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Portuguese mariner, explorer Ferdinand Magellan was the first explorer to lead an expedition that circumnavigated the globe. Like many of his contemporaries, Magellan underestimated the size of the oceans, and thought he could find a faster route to...
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Spain led the other great outward thrust of exploration westward across the Atlantic Ocean.  Like, Portugal, the Spanish were also partially driven in their explorations by certain misconceptions.  While they did realize the earth is round, they also vastly underestimated its size and thought it was seven-eighths land,
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