This illustration dates to 1912 and the caption reads: Ferdinand Magellan, the First Circumnavigator of the world. After the engraving by Selma in Navarretes Coleccion de los Viages. Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth, completed by Juan Sebasti¡Ô¢Xn Elcano. Magallanes y La Antarctica Chilena is the largest and southernmost region of Chile. Named for Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese navigator, it became a colonial territory in 1853 and a province in 1929.