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Former featured articleFerdinand Magellan is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.
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Magalhães to Magellanus

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How did MagAlhães end up rendered as MagEllanus in Latin? Does this surname refer to a town that was already in existence in the antiquity? 195.187.108.130 (talk) 14:15, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is one more bizarre anglicization, they said his father was Pedro de Magalhães and continue to call him "Ferdinand Magellan". Ugly cultural and linguistic appropriation of historical figures. 177.36.190.40 (talk) 17:55, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

“The Longest Journey: the first circumnavigation”

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The article’s penultimate paragraph states:

”An exhibition titled "The Longest Journey: the first circumnavigation" was opened at the General Archive of the Indies in Sevilleby the King and Queen of Spain. It was scheduled to be transferred to the San Telmo Museum in San Sebastian in 2020.”

Did this take place as scheduled? Glenn L (talk) 16:04, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 28 October 2024

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Change lost at war to lost at sea 96.230.107.56 (talk) 03:17, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ⸺(Random)staplers 05:37, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 16 January 2025

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citation number 32, which sources the same book as many others in this article, lacks a link to the book, present in others citations of isaid book in this article. that link is: https://archive.org/details/overedgeofworl00berg Frogot (talk) 20:59, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have corrected the reference, but have also moved it, as Bergreen doesn't mention the Tupi. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:12, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong name

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Please change from Ferdinand Magellan to Fernão de Magalhães. ‘Ferdinand Magellan’ is rather absurd and historically inaccurate. It is quite disrespectful to change a person’s name to fit whatever suits and, even more so, a historical figure. 2001:8003:2806:DB01:591F:572E:981F:1553 (talk) 13:08, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done This is the English Wikipedia, and per the policy at Wikipedia:Article titles#Use commonly recognizable names, we use the most commonly found form of his name in English sources. Donald Albury 14:32, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]