Bloque A - Text 2 · Inglés PAU Andalucía Reserva X (Acceso) 2020

TEXT 2: FIRST VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD

1 On September 20, 1519, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan set out on what was to become the first circumnavigation of the world. The expedition revolutionized world trade and wrote Magellan's name into the history books.

3 Magellan set sail from Spain with a fleet of five ships, but he himself only made it halfway around the world, as he was killed in battle in the Philippines. Only one of the ships completed the three-year circumnavigation, guided by Juan Sebastián Elcano, a Spanish officer.

6 On the 500th anniversary of the expedition's departure, Spain wants to reassert its own role, and that of Elcano. "The focus has always been on Magellan, but everybody should know that this was the project of the Spanish king, Charles I, financed with Spanish money and completed by a Spanish navigator whose role has unfortunately been forgotten", said the president of Spain's Royal Academy of History. "This commemoration should absolutely serve to rebalance the relationship between Magellan and Elcano", the president added.

11 After a diplomatic dispute, Portugal and Spain both submitted a joint application to UNESCO to honor the circumnavigation route. Over the coming three years, the two countries are organizing dozens of events, some of them together, including exhibitions in Seville and Porto. A celebration has already been held in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, the port where the expedition set off from.

14 The commemoration events in both Spain and Portugal will mostly focus on the achievements of Magellan and Elcano. However, the three-year journey also contained episodes of violent conflict between the navigators and local people. Lapu-Lapu, the ruler whose troops killed Magellan, is celebrated in the Philippines as a hero of resistance to European imperialism.

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9. Magellan died...

10. New routes for trading...

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Elcano finished the expedition with the whole fleet.

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The Crown of Spain sponsored the expedition.

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Portugal and Spain have argued about the celebration of the journey.

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FALSE

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Magellan is celebrated as a conqueror in the Philippines.

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FALSE

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