Examples of using "„magellan“" in a sentence and their english translations:
Columbus, Ericson, and Magellan once walked into a bar. Only Columbus walked out.
Before its demise in October 1994, Magellan was able to collect radar images of 98% of Venus' surface.
In 1519, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, in the employ of Spain, began a journey across the Atlantic Ocean to seek a western route to the Spice Islands via South America.
When Magellan and his crew entered the Pacific Ocean after their long journey, they thought that the Spice Islands were close at hand. Little did they know that their destination remained thousands of miles away. The explorers had ventured into the largest ocean on Earth.