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Who completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth after Magellan's death?

  • Christopher Columbus

  • Vasco da Gama

  • Juan Sebastián Elcano

  • Francis Drake

Answer

After Magellan's death, Juan Sebastián Elcano took the lead of the expedition. With the few other surviving members in one of the two remaining ships, Elcano completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth when they returned to Spain in 1522.
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