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The firstman to actually sail round the world was Sir Francis William Drake. Drake is however not being reckoned upon in the entire world today as the first man to,because of the negative role he played .He was a pirate .

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He was not a pirate but an adventurer, all sailors were then,all supported by their King or Queen, and he did not sail round the world, as the first Englishman to sail round the world was Sir Francis Chichester in the 20c.

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Ferdinand Magellan. He set off in 1519 with 260 men and came back with a way to get to the Pacific without rounding the Horn - (the Magellan Straits).

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Ferdinand Magellan was the first to sail around the world.

Born: 1480 Kingdom of Portugal.

Died: 1521 Philippines.

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Sir Francis Drake

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Magellan.

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