World History: Dropping under South America and the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the earth?

Francis Magellan is said to be the first world explorer to circumnavigate the globe, which he did from 1519 to 1522. He was sponsored by Spain and his goal was to find the East Indies. He traveled west to find it, navigating around the southern tip of South America, which is now known as the Strait of Magellan.

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