The navigator Ferdinand Magellan is most famous for
SAT · World History · previous-year question
- A.leading the first expedition around the Cape of Good Hope
- B.being the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean
- C.leading the first attempt to locate the Northwest Passage
- D.making the first landing in the New World
- E.being the first person to circumnavigate the globe
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