Question

The survivors of ________’s expedition to circumnavigate the globe returned to Spain having circled the world but at the cost of most of the ships and crew, including their leader, which proved that seeking a southwest passage to Asia around South America was not feasible.

Question 9 options:

a)

Ferdinand Magellan


b)

Bartolomeu Dias


c)

Vasco de Balboa


d)

Amerigo Vespucci


e)

Christopher Columbus

Answer 1

a) Ferdinand Magellan

Magellan's 1519–1522 expedition (completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano after Magellan's death) circumnavigated the globe, costing most ships and men and demonstrating the difficulty/impracticality of a southwest passage to Asia around South America.