Today I Found Out

Who Really Was First to Travel Around the World? (2015x123)

Exibido em:: Set 07, 2015

→Subscribe for new videos every day! http://bit.ly/todayifoundoutsubscribe →Why Do Superheroes Wear Their Underwear on the Outside?: http://bit.ly/1Ow7J0K Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut What Causes “Eye Floaters? http://bit.ly/1HLts2r How the Milky Way Got Its Name http://bit.ly/1CWKmMy In this video: There’s no doubt that Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães) intended to have a successful journey when his expedition set off from Spain on September 20, 1519. He had planned for the departure meticulously, hoping to prove that people could sail all the way around the world, and to be the first to do it. His ambition was spurred on by the adventures of previous explorers, such as Christopher Columbus and Vasco Nunez de Balboa, the man who marched across the Panamanian isthmus to the Pacific Ocean. There was little doubt in Magellan’s mind that it could be done. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/09/the-first-person-to-circumnavigate-the-world/ Sources: http://www.biography.com/people/ferdinand-magellan-9395202 http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/10-surprising-facts-about-magellans-circumnavigation-of-the-globe http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/02/03/letters-who-circumnavigated-earth-first.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Sebasti%C3%A1n_Elcano http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_circumnavigations http://www.theawl.com/2012/07/the-slave-who-circumnavigated-the-world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_of_Malacca http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Pigafetta Image Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Weltumsegelung_von_Ferdinand_Magellan_und_Juan_Sebastian_Elcano.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Weltumsegelung_von_Ferdinand_Magellan_und_Juan_Sebastian_Elcano.png https://upload.wik