Magellan Setting Out to Sea, 1519
Magellan using a pair of dividers to measure off an armillary sphere. Beside the ship, the Sun God Apollo shines brightly. Ferdinand Magellan (1480 - April 27, 1521) was a Portuguese explorer. His expedition reached the Spice Islands in 1521 and returned home via the Indian Ocean to complete the first circumnavigation of the globe
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