Which explorer is credited as being the first to circumnavigate Earth?

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• Leif Ericson
• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan

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Ferdinand Magellan is credited as being the first explorer to circumnavigate the Earth. Although Magellan himself did not complete the journey, he led the expedition that was the first to sail around the world, which was completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano after Magellan's death.