Ferdinand Magellan discovered the passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans at the tip of South America
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Originally posted by Shakira Stan
He was Portuguese, I remember his name.
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Magellan explored for which country?
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Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer. He was born in a still disputed location in northern Portugal, and served King Charles I of Spain in search of a westward route to the "Spice Islands" (modern Maluku Islands in Indonesia).