The Magellan expedition has multiple geographical significance.
It reaffirmed the unity of the oceans, revealed that there was an ocean more spacious between Asia and America than the Atlantic, confirmed that Columbus had found a new continent, and in the end, it was finally proved that Earth was a sphere, and this sphere that turns from west to east.
Explanation:
- He sailed in 1519 from the Spanish port, with five ships and 265 crew members. Sailing south along the eastern shores of South America it was not until October 1520 that he entered the strait that bears his name today. He explored it and discovered the archipelago of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego south of it.
- Through that passage, he stepped out onto a new ocean. He called it the Pacific Ocean, because it had not been bad for three months of navigation.
- In 1521, he reached the Philippine Islands, where he died in a skirmish with the natives of the tiny island of Mactan. Sailing the Indian Ocean, and sailing Africa, into Spain, under the command of H.S. Del Khan only one ship with 18 crew members returned in 1522.
Class: History
Level: Middle school
Keywords: Magellan, circumnavigation
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Most native tribes had allied with the French during the conflict, and they soon found themselves dissatisfied by British rule. In May 1763, just a few months after the formal conclusion of the Seven Years’ War, a pan-tribal confederacy led by Ottawa chief Pontiac rose up in rebellion. His warriors attacked a dozen British forts, capturing eight of them, and raided numerous frontier settlements. Hundreds died in the process. In response, the British handed out smallpox-infected blankets to Pontiac’s followers. Moreover, a gang of whites known as the Paxton Boys massacred 20 defenseless Native Americans who had nothing to do with the fighting.
Answer:
Panama Canal, Spanish Canal de Panamá, lock-type canal, owned and administered by the Republic of Panama, that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the narrow Isthmus of Panama. The length of the Panama Canal from shoreline to shoreline is about 40 miles (65 km) and from deep water in the Atlantic (more specifically, the Caribbean Sea) to deep water in the Pacific about 50 miles (82 km). The canal, which was completed in August 1914, is one of the two most strategic artificial waterways in the world, the other being the Suez Canal. Ships sailing between the east and west coasts of the United States, which otherwise would be obliged to round Cape Horn in South America, shorten their voyage by about 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) by using the canal. Savings of up to 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km) are also made on voyages between one coast of North America and ports on the other side of South America. Ships sailing between Europe and East Asia or Australia can save as much as 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) by using the canal.
Importance:
Before the Panama Canal was built, ships traveling between the east and west coasts of the American continents had to go around Cape Horn in South America, a voyage that was some 8,000 nautical miles longer then going through the canal and that took about two months to complete. All journeys between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans are shortened by thousands of nautical miles by going through the canal.
The four South Asian countries that include territory in the Himalayan Mountain Range are:
India; the territory that includes the Himalayas is in the northernmost part of the country.
Pakistan; the territory that includes the Himalayas is in the northeastern part of the country.
Nepal; the country is lying on the Himalayas, and in here it is the highest peak of all, Mount Everest.
Bhutan; this small landlocked country, like Nepal, is totally lying on the Himalayas.
