The First Voyage Around the World

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1. 1 · 1519
   Sanlúcar de Barrameda, SpainFive ships set sail from a port at the mouth of the Guadalquivir river in southern Spain. Where does the voyage begin?
2. 2 · 1520
   Strait of MagellanAfter a year probing the coast of South America, the fleet finds a narrow passage to another ocean near the continent's southern tip. Where is it?
3. 3 · April 1521
   Mactan, PhilippinesAfter crossing the Pacific, Magellan joins a local conflict on a small island in the central Philippines and is killed in battle. Where?
4. 4 · November 1521
   Tidore, Maluku (Spice Islands)The survivors finally reach the goal of the expedition: tiny volcanic islands in eastern Indonesia, then the world's only source of cloves. Where?
5. 5 · May 1522
   Cape of Good HopeOnly one ship, the Victoria, heads home westward across the Indian Ocean. Which famous cape near the southern end of Africa must it round?

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