Ferdinand Magellan is historically credited with being the first person to circumnavigate the globe in a wooden sailing ship, even though he was famously hacked to death in the Philippines halfway through the journey.

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Ferdinand Magellan is historically credited with being the first person to circumnavigate the globe in a wooden sailing ship, even though he was famously hacked to death in the Philippines halfway through the journey. His severely battered ship, the Victoria, managed to limp back to Spain three years after leaving, commanded by a guy named Juan Sebastián Elcano who almost never gets any historical credit. History books love to simplify complex maritime expeditions by just naming the dead guy who organized the trip, completely ignoring the starving, scurvy-ridden sailors who actually did the successful sailing. It is the original nautical version of a CEO getting a massive bonus for a successful project while the underpaid interns actually did all the grueling labor to finish the job