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Show HAS HIGH PUCE IN HISTORY Magellan Famed ao Man Who Found the Pacific and Completed the Work of Columbui. Tour centuries nfjo Ferdinand Sin-Rcllnn Sin-Rcllnn s-iihd from Seville, Spain, nn tho mijiirp dmliiK vvlilch he discovered tho Paclllc ocean, nmncil tho Straits of Magellan nnd opened llio Mumls of the I'nclllc own n to the peoplo of IIu-rope. IIu-rope. Ills vvns tho llrst clrcumnnvlKU-tlon clrcumnnvlKU-tlon of tho earth. Hail ho not been Imbued with the desire to bo the governor gov-ernor of u new world, In Keeping with tho promise accordcd'hlm by Charles V., tho great pangrnplicr mlcht have nttnltiid even Krenter heights. Instead In-stead ho died, befoto the three years' Cruise was completed, while In battle with natives of u Rroup ot the' Philippine Philip-pine Islands, lie had discovered them, atom, with l.ndroiio nnd (iiinm Islands, nnd was Intent on making them Spnu-Ith. Spnu-Ith. The discovery of America by Columbus Co-lumbus hail not completely convinced Kmnpemis that the earth was round, but the findings ot Magellan clinched the argument. He started with n ciow of 'JTO men nml live vessels, but the one ship that survived the cruUe only took back a remnant of that patty. Many died ot scurvy, and some fell dining mutinies and battles with natives. na-tives. Magellan milled much to the world's geography. Ho outlined the ent'lre eastern coast ot South America. Ills dlseoveiles offiied the Spaniards new opportunity, nnd they started to further eiploi'o the Paclllc. Spnnlaids found and named California, after a character In n Spanish novel. Then for loini) uuaccountiibtu reason the rested on their laurels. |