Magellan
Bartholomeu DiasAmerigo VespucciFerdinand MagellanMartin Behaim
Ferdinand MagellanFerdinand Magellan's expedition of 1519-1522 became the first expedition sailing west from Europe to Asia, and the first to cross the Pacific. It also completed the first circumnavigationof the earth.
he proved that sailing west from Europe was possible yet too far and dangerous to be practical.
Ferdinand Magellan's voyage proved it was possible to sail from Europe to the eastern coast of Asia. He used a route around the southern tip of South America. He was the first to accomplish this voyage.
"Unsinkable" is a contradiction of terms, as the "Titanic" proved.
It proved that sailing west was the best way to reach Asia
It proved that sailing west was the best way to reach Asia
It proved that sailing west was the best way to reach Asia
Vasco da Gama proved that.
John Cabot was an Italian who was the captian of the first English ship to cross the Atlantic. He proved that there was two continents between Europe and Asia. He named Newfoundland.
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Amerigo Vespucci's sailing along the eastern coast of South America was significant because he realized that the lands he encountered were not part of Asia, as previously thought, but a newly discovered continent. This realization led to the continent being named after him, America, and played a key role in the European understanding of the New World.