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I was born in Sabrosa (Portugal) but it was under the Spanish flag, I sailed in 1519 with the intention of reaching the Spice Islands by sailing west around South America after much hardship I succeeded in reaching and then sailing across the Pacific Ocean. Soon thereafter I was killed while trying to subdue the natives on what is now the island of Mactan in the Philippines after still more hardships, one of my original five ships, Victoria, eventually made it back to Spain. Though I didn’t complete the entire circumnavigation, as the expedition-s leader I am usually credited with being the first man to circle the globe.
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▪ **I contributed to the Renaissance in the following ways**, me and Nicolaus Copernicus were progressive men that brought about a new way of thinking in the world. Copernicus and me were initiates that led the people of Europe to start understand the fact that not everything in the world is known of. The most importantly, Copernicus & me gave the mediaeval society a chance to think for my self, learn new things, and spread ideas.

we were the first men that brought a new way of thinking in word.
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