#circumnavigation
Ferdinand Magellan – Scientist of the Day
Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer and navigator, died violently on Apr. 27, 1521.
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Working aloft
“The inner parts of the country were not less savage and horrible. The wild rocks raised their lofty summits, till they were lost in the clouds, and the valleys lay covered with everlasting snow. Not a tree was to be seen, nor a shrub even big enough to make a toothpick.”
- Captain James Cook
Description of South Georgia Island landing
17th January 1775
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