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The real significance of Magellan's voyage was not that it was the first to...
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Bill Bryson
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At Home: A Short History of
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The real significance of Magellan's voyage was not that it was the first to circumnavigate the planet, but that it was the first to realize just how big that planet was.
( Bill Bryson )
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