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The completion of the first circumnavigation proved which important point about the Earth?
That it was flat
That it was round
That it was endless
That it had multiple moons
Answer
The completion of the first circumnavigation proved that the Earth is round. This was a major scientific discovery, as it had been previously believed that the Earth was flat. The voyage of Ferdinand Magellan and his crew proved that the Earth is a sphere, and it also provided evidence that the Earth is much larger than had been previously thought.
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