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1. Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth, completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano.
2. Had a fleet of 5 ships provided by king Charles The crew of about 270 included men from several nations, including Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Greece, England and France.

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1. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonist who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain
2. Columbus would make three further voyages to the New World.
3. He proposed that the king equip three sturdy ships and grant Columbus one year's time to sail out into the Atlantic, search for a western route to the Orient, and return.

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1.  In November 1524, the first of three expeditions left Panama for the conquest of Peru with about 80 men and 40 horses.
2. After much wrangling between Pizarro and Almagro, it was decided that Pizarro would stay at a safer place, the Isla de Gallo,
3. Francisco Pizarro González was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire.

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1. In March 1505 at the age of 25, Magellan enlisted in the fleet of 22 ships sent to host D.
2. His expedition was funded largely by the Spanish Crown, which provided ships carrying supplies for two years of travel.
3. Organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth, completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano.

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1. After decades of sailors trying to reach the Indies, with thousands of lives and dozens of vessels lost in shipwrecks and attacks, da Gama landed in Calicut on 20 May 1498.
2. On 8 July 1497 Vasco da Gama led a fleet of four ships with a crew of 170 men
3. Vasco da Gama left Calicut on 29 August 1498. Eager to set sail for home, he ignored the local knowledge of monsoon wind patterns that were still blowing onshore.

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1. Was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during China's early Ming dynasty
2. Zheng He's first voyage departed 11 July 1405, from Suzhou and consisted of a fleet of 317 ships holding almost 28,000 crewmen.
3. Traditional and popular accounts of Zheng He's voyages have described a great fleet of gigantic ships, far larger than any other wooden ships in history.

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1. Went on a expedition that sailed south along the west coast of Africa
2. King John II of Portugal appointed him head an expedition to the southern tip of Africa in hopes of finding a trading route
3. He sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, The first to do so later on setting up the route from Europe to Asia.