The wife of Ferdinand Magellan.
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Beatriz Barbosa died in 1522. Beatriz Barbosa is most known for being the second wife of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
I have read that "barba" means beard, but in this case refers to plants of the onion family (that were said to display "beards"). The -osa ending was used to indicate that something is widespread, so the name referred to a region where onions, garlic etc. were widely grown. People in Spain sometimes took their names from the areas they lived.
Felipa Perestrello e Moniz and Beatriz Enriquez.
The name China is derived from the Qin dynasty (221-206 B.C.E.) which was named after it's founder, Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi.The Chinese name for China Zhongguo means Middle Kingdom and was used because the ancient Chinese thought that China was the center of all civilization.
November 28, 1520 - After navigating through the South American strait, three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reach the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.