Episode 149: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
The History of English Podcast
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The History of the Diet of Worms
In 15 19, ferdinand magellan had sailed from spain on an expedition to sail all the way around the world. Magellan was killed in a battle with the indigenous people of the philippines. But his crew continued westward after he was killed. They sailed around south east asia and india, eventually made their way around the southern tip of africa and reached spai the following year. About 250 of the original 270 crewmen died along the way. But the handful of men who made it back to spain became the first people to circumnavigate the globe. It is probably worth mentioning that the words discovery and explore are first recorded in the english language within
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