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Definition of Ferdinand Magellan
1. Noun. Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferdinand Magellan
Literary usage of Ferdinand Magellan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Ferdinand Magellan, as we call him in English, was a Portuguese nobleman of the
fourth grade, but of family as old and blood as blue as any in the peninsula ..."
2. Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries by William Fordyce Mavor (1801)
"OP Ferdinand Magellan, ROUND THE WORLD. He was a native of Portugal, born a
gentleman, ... Ferdinand Magellan will always retain a ..."
3. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"... toughness of fibre, that reminds one of the Scotch; and from those lonely
mountains there never came forth a sturdier character than Ferdinand Magellan. ..."
4. History of India by Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson, Henry Miers Elliot, Romesh Chunder Dutt, Vincent Arthur Smith, Stanley Lane-Poole, Sir William Wilson Hunter, Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1906)
"Ferdinand Magellan. When the consternation of the Lisbon court calmed down, the
difficulty was found susceptible of diplomatic settlement. The Bull of 1493, ..."