Ferdinand Magellan
E1184
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, significantly advancing European knowledge of world geography.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ferdinand Magellan canonical | 68 |
| Fernão de Magalhães | 2 |
| Magellan | 2 |
| Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T27330 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ferdinand Magellan Context triple: [Pacific Ocean, namedBy, Ferdinand Magellan]
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A.
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator of the early 17th century best known for his voyages in search of a northwest passage and for lending his name to the Hudson River and Hudson Bay.
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B.
Nelson
Nelson is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable figures across politics, sports, entertainment, and academia.
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C.
Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
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D.
Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens was a 17th-century Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer known for his work on the wave theory of light, the invention of the pendulum clock, and the discovery of Saturn’s moon Titan.
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E.
Theodor
Theodor "Ted" Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning global hyperlinked document systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ferdinand Magellan Target entity description: Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, significantly advancing European knowledge of world geography.
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A.
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator of the early 17th century best known for his voyages in search of a northwest passage and for lending his name to the Hudson River and Hudson Bay.
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B.
Nelson
Nelson is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable figures across politics, sports, entertainment, and academia.
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C.
Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
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D.
Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens was a 17th-century Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer known for his work on the wave theory of light, the invention of the pendulum clock, and the discovery of Saturn’s moon Titan.
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E.
Theodor
Theodor "Ted" Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning global hyperlinked document systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese person
ⓘ
explorer ⓘ human ⓘ navigator ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Portugal
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1480 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Portugal
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Portugal
Sabrosa ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Portugal
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Portugal
|
| commissionedBy |
Charles I of Spain
ⓘ
surface form:
King Charles I of Spain
|
| deathDate | 1521-04-27 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Mactan
ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ |
| departureDate | 1519-09-20 ⓘ |
| departurePort | Sanlúcar de Barrameda ⓘ |
| employer |
Crown of Castile
ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Portugal
|
| era |
Age of Exploration
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surface form:
Age of Discovery
|
| expedition |
Magellan–Elcano expedition
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surface form:
Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation
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| flag | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| fleetSize | 5 ships ⓘ |
| goal | find a westward route to the Spice Islands ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Magellan–Elcano expedition
ⓘ
crossing the Pacific Ocean ⓘ discovering a westward route to the Spice Islands for Spain ⓘ discovering the Strait of Magellan ⓘ leading the first expedition to circumnavigate the Earth ⓘ |
| legacy |
advanced European knowledge of world geography
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proved the globe could be circumnavigated by sea ⓘ |
| name |
Ferdinand Magellan
self-link
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Ferdinand Magellan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Fernão de Magalhães
|
| nationalityAtBirth | Portuguese ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
discovery of the Strait of Magellan
ⓘ
first European crossing of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ mutiny in Patagonia ⓘ |
| notableShipInFleet |
Concepción
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San Antonio ⓘ Santiago ⓘ Trinidad ⓘ Victoria ⓘ |
| oceanNamedAfter |
Pacific Ocean
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surface form:
Magellan Sea (historic usage for parts of the Pacific)
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| participatedIn |
Portuguese conquest of Malacca
ⓘ
Portuguese expeditions to India ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| servedAs | captain-general of the Spanish expedition to the Moluccas ⓘ |
| shipCommanded |
Trinidad and Tobago
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surface form:
Trinidad
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| straitNamedAfter | Strait of Magellan ⓘ |
| successorInCommand | Juan Sebastián Elcano ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ferdinand Magellan Description of subject: Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, significantly advancing European knowledge of world geography.
Referenced by (73)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Magellan
this entity surface form:
Magellan
subject surface form:
Magallanes, Cavite
this entity surface form:
Fernão de Magalhães