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Re: velux 5 oceans race
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2006 Oct 23, 18:13 +0100
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2006 Oct 23, 18:13 +0100
Andes Ruix wrote- The first navigator who circumnavigated the Earth was another basque: Juan Sebasti�n Elcano 1519-1522 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Sebasti%C3%A1n_Elcano ====================== Perhaps that's true, depending on the definition of "navigator". But he wasn't the first man to circumnavigate the Earth. That was Henrique, Magellan's Moluccan slave. Captured from his home, by an earlier expedition, he was taken to Lisbon, and then sailed with Magellan. So when he reached the longitude of his birthplace, he had been right round the world, before any of the others. George. contact George Huxtable at george@huxtable.u-net.com or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222) or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
