Example sentences for: magellan

How can you use “magellan” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • We are all very excited that the weather is turning much warmer; it's a far cry from the howling gale we encountered as we exited the Strait of Magellan nearly two weeks ago.

  • A WP Sunday Outlook piece, written by Fidelity Magellan Fund legend Peter Lynch, argues that through nine recessions, a presidential assassination, multiple wars, and numerous political scandals the stock market has increased in value.

  • In a similar vein, several of the engineers have braved the elements by appearing at our daily all-hands gatherings on the flight deck without coats; only to be outdone by a petty officer who wore shorts through the frigid Strait of Magellan!

  • João Gonçalves Zarco, sailing in the service of Prince Henry, made the first of many famous Portuguese discoveries, which would culminate a century later in Magellan’s historic circumnavigation of the globe.

  • Between 1519 and 1522 another Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, led the first expedition to circumnavigate the world.


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