Who was the first person to sail around the world, also, who was the first English person?

mibmob

Ferdinand Magellan and Francis Drake though there is evidence apparently that the chinese did it before anyone else. Nov 25 03, 10:01 AM

Hamlet.

But wait, Magellan was killed in the Phillipines before the journey was complete...so who gets the credit? Nov 25 03, 10:07 AM

Stew54

Juan Sebastián de Elcano captained the ship which survived the encounter and made it back to Seville. Nov 25 03, 10:18 AM

Gnomon

Magellan and his Filipino manservant were the first two to sail around the world, starting in the Philipines, heading west, staying in Europe for a while and then going across the Atlantic, round Cape Horn, across the Pacific and back to the Philipines. Magellan died in the Philipines, but he had already completed his world trip. Nov 26 03, 2:19 AM

Hamlet.

Could you please produce a site supporting this idea that Magellan began his journey from the Phillipines. I have found many that indicate it was begun from Spain - here is one of them: http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/exmagellan.htm And this site firmly gives the credit to de Elcano: http://www.famousamericans.net/juansebastionelcano/ Nov 26 03, 6:03 AM

msasa

Sir Francis Chichester was 1st person to sail solo round the world in Gypsy Moth IV. Dont know if he went right round or left round tho. Nov 26 03, 9:55 AM

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