Mid-term G2 2023

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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