Why is Ferdinand Magellan credited with the first circumnavigation of the Earth even though he died half way and his crew completed the second half under harsher conditions? - Quora

Why is Ferdinand Magellan credited with the first circumnavigation of the Earth even though he died half way and his crew completed the second half under harsher conditions? - Quora

Magellan was first to sail around the world, right? Think again.

Why is Ferdinand Magellan credited with the first circumnavigation of the Earth even though he died half way and his crew completed the second half under harsher conditions? - Quora

Why did King Charles V finance Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe? - Quora

Did Spain send an explorer named Ferdinand Magellan to find a route around South America and into Asia? If so, why? - Quora

What happened to the body of Ferdinand Magellan? Was he killed by the chief or by the soldiers? - Quora

Why is Ferdinand Magellan credited with the first circumnavigation of the Earth even though he died half way and his crew completed the second half under harsher conditions? - Quora

Magellan was first to sail around the world, right? Think again.

Sailing: Do ships today use the Strait of Magellan or go around Cape Horn? - Quora

Wasn't Juan Sebastian Elcano the first to circumnavigate the Earth and not Ferdinand Magellan? Why don't they give credit to Elcano since Magellan died in the Philippines? - Quora

What were Magellan's problems? - Quora