Chile's Embassy in Turkey hosts exhibition to honor 500th anniversary of Magellan’s journey
Date
12/15/2022 7:47:08 AM
(MENAFN) The Chilean Embassy in Turkey arranged an exhibition on Tuesday in the capital of Ankara to honor the 500th anniversary of Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage.
The Presidential Nation’s Library hosted the display, “Encounter of Three Worlds: 500 Years After the First Circumnavigation of the Earth”.
“The voyage of Magellan represents a milestone in the human history for being the first-ever circumnavigation of the Earth, in addition to several other historical geographical, Political and economic aspects, which should be recognized and highlighted,” as stated by Envoy Rodrigo Arcos.
“With the completion of the voyage, it was revealed that the roundness of the earth, the existence of a passage to reach the east by traveling westward as well as the existence of the new continent, the wide variety of people that are inhabitants and the cultural difference between them, in other words, the beginning of a universal story, and the beginning of globalization,” he stated.
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