(1480-1521) Portuguese navigator & explorer; sailed from Spain to Philippines (where he died) around tip of So. America(Strait of Magellan); ships continued to Spain in first circumnavigation of globe.
麦哲伦 (1480-1521);葡萄牙航海及冒险家。从西班牙率五艘船的舰队及 270 名船员环绕地球,横跨大西洋及南美洲的南端(今麦哲伦海峡),越过太平洋,但是在航行至菲律宾时,麦哲伦被当地原住民杀死。最后只剩一艘维多利亚(Victoria)号及18名船员安返西班牙。