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i think the navigation system Magellan was named after Ferdinand Magellan The Magellanic penguins were named after Ferdinand Magellan.
Ferdinand Magellan did not discover any part of Canada
Ferdinand Magellan discovered the passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans at the tip of South America, now called the Straits of MagellanHe also discovered and named the Pacific Ocean
The Voyage of Ferdinand MagellanThe fleet under Ferdinand Magellan sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to South America and Rio de Janeiro. Magellan then started to search for a passage to the Pacific Ocean. On 21 November 1520 Ferdinand Magellan entered the straits which would be forever named in his honour - the Magellan Straits - they were to be the first Europeans ever to sail across the Pacific.
It is the straits between the continents of South America and Antarctica, notorious for its danger to shipping, and named after the Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
Although Ferdinand Magellan discovered and named the Pacific Ocean, he did not discover any part of Australia.
7 countries!
He traveled what is today called the strait of Magellan, and discovered the pacific ocean
His ship was the first to circle the world in 1520.
Ferdinand Magellan discovered the passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans at the tip of South America, now called the Straits of MagellanHe also discovered and named the Pacific Ocean
Ferdinand Magellan
He achieved Columbus's goal