Compass Rose Geocoin 2008 2008 Compass Rose Geocoin - AB

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Monday, October 1, 2012
Origin:
Antwerpen, Belgium
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CR 2008

2008 Compass Rose in Antique Bronze

The Compass Rose Geocoin for 2008 features a Portuguese compass rose used on a 1539 map documenting the exploration of the South American coast line. It also features Ferdinand Magellan's ship Victoria used to circumnavigate the globe in 1519-1522. The compass rose image used on this coin was originally created just after the era of Magellan's exploration.

Magellan used a route taking him from Spain, across the Atlantic Ocean, then turning south along the eastern coast of South America, through the straight of Magellan (named for him after his death) near Cape Horn, and on to the Philippines. The back of the coin features the Southern Cross constellation in the sky behind Magellan's ship signifying one of the major constellations used when navigating in the southern hemisphere.

Magellan was not able to complete the circumnavigation himself, because he perished in the Philippines during a tribal dispute. He also did not intend to circumnavigate the earth. His intentions were to find another route to the Spice Islands and return in the same direction if feasible. It was his Spanish Navigator Juan Sebastian El Cano who took command after Magellan's death and made the decision to sail back to Spain by way of the Indian Ocean and around Africa. Of the five ships which started in the expedition, Victoria was the only vessel to complete the journey.

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Discovered It 6/7/2016 Manni666 discovered it   Visit Log

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One of the many coins and TBs I could discover during the last weeks and months.
Eine der vielen Coins und TBs die ich in den letzten Wochen und Monaten discovern konnte.
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Danke fürs Zeigen
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Hallo lieber TB/Coin-Besitzer!
Wir haben von 2013 bis Ende 2015 aktiv "gecached" (Geocaching gespielt).
Auf sämtlichen Events, Megaevents, Gigaevents und auch in einigen Caches und deren Logbüchern haben wir immer wieder TBs und Coins in den verschiedensten Formen und Arten wie Stempel, Anhänger etc. entdeckt und diese stets mit notiert, um sie nachfolgend zu discovern. Leider kamen wir nur nie richtig hinterher, weil das Loggen eines gefundenen Geocache für uns im Vordergrund steht.
Nun versuchen wir das discovern der vielen Codes, nach und nach abzuarbeiten.

Wir entschuldigen uns im Voraus für den Einheitslog!

Danke für´s zeigen und allzeit schöne Cacheerlebnisse :)
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Vielen Dank für's Discovern dieses schönen TB/Coin's ! Grüße…
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Dekuju za ukazku :-)

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Dekuju za ukazku :-)

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