On August 10, 1519, this famed explorer set sail from Seville, Spain.
Christopher Columbus
Ponce de Leon
Francisco Pizarro
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan set sail with a small fleet of five ships in search of a shortcut to Asia. In the course of the search he crossed the Pacific. Magellan was killed in the Philippines, and only one ship with 18 survivors made it back to Spain after circumnavigating the Earth.