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Who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the world?

Retry Correct Incorrect Although Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan is largely credited for traveling around the world for the first time, the truth is that he did not survive to finish the journey, which was completed by Basque Spanish navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano. Due to this necessary change in leadership, historians typically call the voyage the Magellan–Elcano expedition.

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Who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the world?

• Martin Frobisher
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus
• Zheng He