iBilib: The man who went around the world!

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Aired (February 23, 2025): Join us as we explore the legendary journey of Magellan and the places that bear his name. How did his voyage lead to a groundbreaking discovery about our planet? Watch and find out!   Watch 'iBilib' Sundays at 9:35 AM on GMA Network, hosted by Chris Tiu and Shaira Diaz.   For more iBilib Highlights, click the link below:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLYaldfT7P2Teh_NQfZBAjzvRkaF0KZuw

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00:00This is Japan, and this is Canada, and this is Italy.

00:09Wow, you're so good, Ate Shai.

00:14You're so good, Ate Shai.

00:16There are so many countries, but you know all of them.

00:19Where can we find them?

00:21Hey, not all of them.

00:23But I'm happy because this is what I'm learning here in GLOW.

00:27That's why even if I'm not on an airplane, I feel like I'm traveling around the world.

00:32Huh? Around the world?

00:34That's possible.

00:36Is there something like that already?

00:38Yes, there is.

00:39And even before, even if there's no airplane, there's something like that already.

00:44And did you know that the first one to do that was the flight of NAO Victoria?

00:50NAO Victoria?

00:52What's that?

00:53NAO Victoria or Barcong Victoria is the first ship that circumnavigated the world.

01:01And it's one of the five ships that the explorer Ferdinand Magellan used for an expedition from 1519 to 1522.

01:13That's a long time, right?

01:15Yes.

01:16And did you know that there are replicas of NAO Victoria in Spain, Chile, France, and other parts of the world?

01:24While Ferdinand Magellan and his crew were traveling around the world in 1520,

01:29they saw strange geese in Argentina.

01:33But it turns out that those aren't geese.

01:36They saw penguins, Magellan.

01:38Wow!

01:40Is it true that Ferdinand Magellan was the first person to circumnavigate the world?

01:44Actually, he didn't circumnavigate the world.

01:47He only circumnavigated half of the world because he moved to the Philippines.

01:52Of the five ships and 270 people that Magellan and his crew sailed with in September 20, 1519,

02:00only one ship and 21 crew members were able to return to Spain.

02:06One year, Magellan and his crew sailed when they found a dangerous waterway between South America and Tierra del Fuego.

02:15This is the Strait of Magellan, which is a route to the Pacific Ocean.

02:20But it still reached the Philippines, right?

02:23Yes, on March 15, 1521.

02:25But not long after, it was hit by an arrow when it went to Cebu.

02:30Magellan was the one who planned the expedition.

02:33But his 21 remaining crew members were the ones who sailed around the world and were able to return to Spain.

02:41And because of that expedition, they were able to prove that the world can be circumnavigated.

02:46And that the planet Earth is round.

02:48I believe.

03:03NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

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