41/149 Alvarez explores the Soudan. Magellan discovers the Ladrones (Marianas), and is killed on the Philippines. Magellan's ship _Victoria_, under Sebastian del Cano, reaches Spain, having circumnavigated the globe in three years. Verazzano, on behalf of the French King, coasts from Cape Fear to New Hampshire. Saavedra sails from west coast of Mexico to the Moluccas. |