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How did magellan propose to get to the spice islands?
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How did magellan propose to get to the spice islands?

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Like all navigators of the time, he understood from Greek texts that the world was round. He believed that he could find a shorter route to the Spice Islands by sailing west, across the Atlantic Ocean, around South America and across the Pacific.
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