Magellan's Expedition

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf maritime navigation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Magellan–Elcano_circumnavigation
gptkbp:category gptkb:Age_of_Discovery
Spanish exploration
16th-century maritime history
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Juan_Sebastián_Elcano
Ferdinand Magellan
gptkbp:continuedBy gptkb:Juan_Sebastián_Elcano
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:departedFrom gptkb:Seville,_Spain
20 September 1519
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Strait_of_Magellan
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Antonio_Pigafetta
gptkbp:endDate 1522
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Trinidad
gptkbp:fleetSize gptkb:Santiago
gptkb:Victoria
gptkb:Concepción
gptkb:Trinidad
San Antonio
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Magellan's Expedition
gptkbp:MagellanDied gptkb:Mactan,_Philippines
gptkbp:MagellanDiedDate 27 April 1521
gptkbp:notableFor first circumnavigation of the Earth
gptkbp:numberOfCrewAtEnd 18
gptkbp:numberOfCrewAtStart about 270
gptkbp:numberOfShips 1
5
gptkbp:onlyShipToCompleteVoyage gptkb:Victoria
gptkbp:purpose find a westward route to the Spice Islands
gptkbp:reach gptkb:Philippines
gptkbp:returnDate 6 September 1522
gptkbp:returnedTo gptkb:Sanlúcar_de_Barrameda,_Spain
gptkbp:significance demonstrated the vastness of the Pacific Ocean
proved the Earth is round
established Spanish presence in the Pacific
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:King_Charles_I_of_Spain
gptkbp:startDate 1519
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Brazil
gptkb:Canary_Islands
gptkb:Cape_Verde
gptkb:Guam
gptkb:Moluccas_(Spice_Islands)
gptkb:Patagonia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Seventh_Rum_of_a_Seventh_Rum
gptkb:Ready_for_Raiding
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7