Magellan s voyage was the first to sail around the world, though he did not complete the voyage.
Ferdinand Magellan, although he died along the way.
The Vikings from Sweden, were probably the first. Christopher Columbus sailing for Spain is given the credit for officially being the first.
Magellan was given credit for it. However he was not the first as he died half way around. His first mate Juan Sebastián de Elcano was actually the first person to successfully circumnavigate the globe.
Rodolfo Gonzales was given credit.
This is what is regarded as an ethnocentric question. Do you mean sailing from Europe? Or do you mean sailing from Africa, or other parts of Asia? This kind of question requires refining - for a meaningful answer to be given.
J. J. Thompson was given credit for discovering the first electron.
sailling around the world
Edmund Hillary was the first person to be given credit for climbing to the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
The Wright Brothers
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because the credit was given to Dylan Narvadez (buang)