Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese navigator sponsored by Spain becomes the first European explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic by sailing through the dangerous straits which separate the South American mainland from the Tierra del Fuego archipelago.
The strait connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans is named the Strait of Magellan. From there Magellan headed toward what is now the Philippines where he was killed before completing the trip. The first European to complete the circumnavigation was Magellan's second-in-command, Juan Sebastian de Elcano, who took over after his death. More
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