Around the world in some days!

Source: www.livescience.com Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition was the first one to sail around the world. Magellan was the one to set sail in August 1519, with a fleet of around five ships. The aim of the fleet was to reach India by sailing westward.  In the year 1520, Magellan discovered the narrow sea that connected the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans at the tip of South America. He was quite impressed with the calm and sereneness of the ocean and named it Pacific Ocean. In 1521, they reached Philippines and it was on April 27th that his crew was attacked by the tribesmen on the island of Mactan. Unfortunately, Magellan was killed in the ensuing attack. The remaining crew then continued their journey to fame by becoming the first to circumnavigate the world when they reached the Spanish shore on September, 1522.