Ferdinand Magellan is generally known as the first person to circumnavigate (go all the way around) the world. However, he:
A) Was beaten to it by ninth-century Vikings B) Probably never really made the voyage at all C) Abandoned the voyage when he reached Tahiti D) Took two separate voyages to do it ü
Magellan set out from Spain in 1519 with a fleet of five ships and a crew of over 200 men. He was killed in the Philippines, but by then had passed the point he had reached from the west on a previous voyage. Only one ship and 18 men returned.
