Ferdinand Magellan's expedition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ferdinand_Magellan's_expedition

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	maritime navigation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Magellan–Elcano_circumnavigation
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Juan_Sebastián_Elcano Ferdinand Magellan
gptkbp:completedIn	gptkb:Juan_Sebastián_Elcano
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:Spain
gptkbp:documentedIn	gptkb:Antonio_Pigafetta gptkb:Pigafetta's_journal
gptkbp:endDate	1522
gptkbp:firstContactWithEuropeans	gptkb:Guam gptkb:Pacific_Ocean gptkb:Philippines gptkb:Tierra_del_Fuego gptkb:Marianas_Islands gptkb:Patagonia gptkb:Strait_of_Magellan
gptkbp:firstToCross	Pacific Ocean by Europeans
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Trinidad
gptkbp:fleetSize	gptkb:Santiago gptkb:Victoria gptkb:Concepción gptkb:Trinidad San Antonio
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	proved the Earth is round and could be circumnavigated by sea
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Ferdinand Magellan's expedition
gptkbp:legacy	demonstrated vastness of the Pacific Ocean increased European interest in Asia inspired future global exploration
gptkbp:MagellanDied	gptkb:Mactan,_Philippines
gptkbp:MagellanDiedYear	1521
gptkbp:mainCargo	spices
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:discovery_of_Strait_of_Magellan gptkb:mutiny_at_Port_St._Julian Magellan's death in the Philippines crossing of the Pacific Ocean return of Victoria to Spain
gptkbp:notableFor	first circumnavigation of the Earth
gptkbp:numberOfCrewAtEnd	18
gptkbp:numberOfCrewAtStart	about 270
gptkbp:numberOfShips	1 5
gptkbp:purpose	find a westward route to the Spice Islands
gptkbp:result	first circumnavigation of the globe
gptkbp:returnedTo	September 1522
gptkbp:route	Seville, Spain to Sanlúcar de Barrameda, across the Atlantic, through the Strait of Magellan, across the Pacific, to the Philippines, and back to Spain
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:King_Charles_I_of_Spain gptkb:Spanish_Crown
gptkbp:startDate	1519
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Antonio_Pigafetta
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6