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Definition of Magellan
1. Noun. Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521).
Definition of Magellan
1. Proper noun. (surname) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Magellan
Literary usage of 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. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"CLIMATE OF THE SOUTHERN COASTS Strait of Magellan — Port Famine — Ascent of Mount
Tarn — Forests — Edible Fungus — Zoology — Great Sea-weed — Leave Tierra ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"With a fleet of five ships, and the rank of captain-general, Magellan sailed from
San Lucar on the Mit of September, 1519. After touching on the coast of ..."
4. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1812)
"It is distinguished from the sea of Magellan and the Pacific, ... It laves the
coasts of Las Pampas and the Tierras Magellan» MAR DEL NORTE, or NORTH Sea. ..."
5. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1886)
"Magellan. There is something pathetic in contrasting the magnificent fleet with
which Magellan sailed, under the patronage of an emperor, with the poor ..."
6. Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative by Richard Henry Dana (1911)
"The weather was fine during the previous night, and we had a clear view of the
Magellan Clouds and of the Southern Cross. The Magellan Clouds consist of ..."
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