On This Day September 20

Ferdinand Magellan and his 270 shipmates set sail on September 20, 1519 from San Lucar, near Seville on his expedition to to try to get to the East Indies by sailing westwards. Magellan's lead ship Trinidad was accompanied by four other vessels – San Antonio, Santiago, Concepcion, and Victoria. On board was enough food to last two years. Magellan was killed in The Philippines, but three years later his 18 surviving companions having sailed 30,700 miles, arrived back in Seville having completed the first ever circumnavigation of the world.

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