The Order of Magellan is an honor bestowed on distinguished individuals who have
circumnavigated the Earth and who, to the course of their career, have
contributed to the world of science or the environment or future progress through peace and understanding.
Among the pantheon of winners of this award are
Douglas MacArthur,
philanthropist and
mountaineer
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Sir
Edmund Hillary
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,
ethnographer
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and
adventurer
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Thor Heyerdahl
Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography.
Heyerdahl is notable for his ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000& ...
, Dr.
William Walsh, who started Project Hope,
oceanographer
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and underwater archaeologist Dr.
Robert Ballard
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, oceanographer
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, (, also , ; 11 June 191025 June 1997) was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. He co-invented the first successful Aqua-Lung, open-circuit SCUBA ( self-contained underwater breathing apparatus). T ...
, and astronaut and United States Senator
John Glenn. The Magellan Award is the highest award bestowed by the Circumnavigators Club,
The Circumnavigators Club
{{webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830193139/http://www.circumnavigators.org/magellan/past.php , date=2009-08-30 founded in 1902.
The honor is named after the Portuguese
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** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
born explorer, Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan ( or ; pt, Fernão de Magalhães, ; es, link=no, Fernando de Magallanes, ; 4 February 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese explorer. He is best known for having planned and led the 1519 Spanish expedition to the Eas ...
, who is widely known as the first captain to sail around the world—though he didn't complete the circumnavigation as he died during the voyage in the Philippines, that being the Spanish navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano
Juan Sebastián Elcano (Elkano in modern Basque; sometimes given as ''del Cano''; 1486/1487Some sources state that he was born in 1476. Most of this sources try to make a point about him participating on a military campaign at the Mediterranean ...
, who took over command of the expedition after Magellan's death, and completed the trip.
References
External links
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
Circumnavigators Club official site
Awards and decorations of the United States Navy
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