15 examples of magellan's in sentences

[Magellan's mistake in reckoning.]

Albo's log-book gives the difference in longitude between the most eastern islands of the Archipelago and Cape Fermoso (Magellan's Straits), as 106° 30', while in reality it amounts to 159° 85'.

In this same year, one of Magellan's ships sailed from Malacca with a loading of cloves.

He therefore stood for the western entrance of Magellan's Straits, sighting Cape Descada on 17th December, following the coast round to Christmas Sound, which they reached on the 20th, the country passed being described as "the most desolate and barren I ever saw."

MacGregor, Sir E. Magellan's Straits. Malicolo.

For some days also we had now seen the Cape, or Magellan's Clouds, and also the so-called Black Cloud.

In Magellan's Straits, for instance, they saw, on one side, from three to four thousand pigmies with mouths from ear to ear; while on the other shore they saw giants whose footsteps were four times as large as an Englishman's,which was a strong expression, considering that the Englishman's footstep had already reached round the globe.

Importance of Magellan's Voyage.%Of all the voyages ever made by man this was the greatest.

[Footnote 1: Notice that the two continents begin to take shape, and that as the result of Magellan's voyage is not generally known, North America is placed very near to Java.]

He converted many tribes, and traversed nearly every part of Patagonia from Rio Negro to Magellan's Straits, and as far inland as the Andes.

Thus, the Fuegians, in 1830-1840, were far out of the way, but one tribe, near Magellan's Straits, worshipped an image called Cristo.

Even at Magellan's Straits, the Fuegians picked up from a casual Spanish sea-captain and adored an image of Cristo.

Magellan's 'Victory' was the first ship that circumnavigated the globe.

According to Magellan's reports, the native people of these islands had reduced stealing to a science of such exactness that the utmost vigilance could not prevail against their operations.

[Sidenote: Magellan's great voyage, 1520.

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