Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer best known for planning and leading the 1519-1522 Spanish expedition to the East Indies.
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Magellan planned and led the expedition but died partway through it, in the Philippines; Juan Sebastian Elcano completed the voyage.
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was a Portuguese explorer best known for planning and leading the 1519
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c. 1480
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27 April 1521
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During this expedition, he became the first European to encounter the Strait of Magellan, performed the first European crossing of the Pacific Ocean, and made the first known European contact with the Philippines.
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In Era: The Early Modern Period, lead paragraph, lifespan
Infobox: born c. 1480; died 1521-4-27
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The expedition departed Spain in 1519 and returned there in 1522 under the command of Elcano, who continued the voyage after Magellan's death in the Philippines.
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