Mid-term G2 2023

You have probably (hear) of the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.

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Many people think he sailed around the world and was the first to have (do) so.

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Magellan's voyage (shrink) the world, but he himself did no finish the voyage.

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Magellan (leave) from Spain in 1519 with the financial backing of the teenaged king.

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Under his command he (have) five ships and more that two hundred men.

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He and his crew (seek) a route around the world with a stop at the Spice Islands.

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By the time he reached South America, Magellan had (go) all the way across the Atlantic.

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The ships did not (find) a passage to the Pacific before summer in the Southern Hemisphere and had to winter over in what is now a southern Argentina.

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in October, Magellan's ships (swing) around the tip of the South American continent.

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Then, the mutinous crew of one of the ships (choose) to sail back to Spain without warning.

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