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Magellan's circumnavigation expedition
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Magellan's_circumnavigation_expedition
GPTKB entity
Statements (45)
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:departedFrom
gptkb:Seville,_Spain
gptkbp:documentedIn
gptkb:Antonio_Pigafetta
gptkbp:endDate
1522
gptkbp:firstShipToCompleteCircumnavigation
gptkb:Victoria
gptkbp:firstToCross
Pacific Ocean by Europeans
gptkbp:fleetSize
gptkb:Santiago
gptkb:Victoria
gptkb:Concepción
gptkb:Trinidad
San Antonio
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
proved the Earth is round
opened new maritime trade routes
demonstrated the vastness of the Earth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Magellan's circumnavigation expedition
gptkbp:notableEvent
first circumnavigation of the Earth
Magellan killed in the Philippines
gptkbp:numberOfCrewAtEnd
18
gptkbp:numberOfCrewAtStart
about 270
gptkbp:numberOfShips
1
5
gptkbp:purpose
find a westward route to the Spice Islands
gptkbp:route
gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Cape_of_Good_Hope
gptkb:Strait_of_Magellan
gptkbp:sponsor
gptkb:King_Charles_I_of_Spain
gptkbp:startDate
1519
gptkbp:visitedBy
gptkb:Brazil
gptkb:Canary_Islands
gptkb:Cape_Verde
gptkb:Guam
gptkb:Philippines
gptkb:Moluccas_(Spice_Islands)
gptkb:Patagonia
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Enrique_of_Malacca
gptkb:Ferdinand_Magellan_(1521)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7