Ferdinand Magellan Click to see full answer. In respect to this, who was the first person to sail around the world alone? Joshua Slocum Furthermore, how long did the first voyage around the world take? It took 38 days to navigate the treacherous strait, and when ocean was sighted at the other end Magellan wept with joy. He was the first European explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic. Just so, who sailed around the world to prove it was round? Ferdinand Magellan What is circumnavigation of the earth?Circumnavigation is the complete navigation around an entire island, continent, or astronomical body (e.g. a planet or moon). The first circumnavigation of Earth was the Magellan-Elcano expedition, which sailed from Seville, Spain in 1519 and returned in 1522, after crossing the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.
