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Magellan1, Ferdinand (c.1480-1521), Portuguese explorer; Portuguese name Fernão Magalhães. In 1519 he sailed from Spain, rounding South America through the strait which now bears his name, and reached the Philippines in 1521. He was killed in a skirmish on Cebu; the survivors sailed back to Spain round Africa, completing the first circumnavigation of the globe (1522). 麦哲伦, 弗迪南德（约1480-1521, 葡萄牙探险家; 葡萄牙语名费尔南·马加良斯; 1519年, 他从西班牙起航, 通过现以其姓氏命名的海峡绕过南美洲, 于1521年到达菲律宾群岛, 后在宿务岛上一次冲突中被杀; 生还者绕过非洲返回西班牙, 从而完成了首次环球航行[1522]）。
an American space probe launched in 1989 to map the surface of Venus, using radar to penetrate the dense cloud cover. The probe was deliberately burned up in Venus's atmosphere in 1994. 麦哲伦号探测器（美国1989年发射的太空探测器, 用于绘制金星表面图, 其雷达能穿透厚密的云层; 该探测器于1994年在金星大气层中按计划烧毁）。
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