30. Magellan was not the first to circumnavigate the globe
It was Juan Sebastian Elcano who completed the first circumnavigation of the globe when he arrived at Seville, Spain in 1522, nearly three years after departing that same port with five ships under the command of Ferdinand Magellan. Only one of the vessels, Victoria, completed the voyage. Magellan was killed in a battle with the natives in the Philippines in April, 1521. The expedition originally left Spain with 270 men in the five vessels, only 18 men survived the journey. The rest succumbed in battle, mutinies, accidents, and the perils of the sea. In 1525 Elcano attempted a second circumnavigation after claiming the East Indies for Spain, but died during the voyage of malnutrition.