2008 Compass Rose Geocoin - AB
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johnny lightning
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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Antwerpen, Belgium
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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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Ermsritter discovered it
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Auf dem Giga in Mainz entdeckt und discovern dürfen. Vielen Dank für´s Zeigen.
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Urlaub, endlich. Gleich am ersten Tag werden die Handybilder der TB's bereinigt um Platz für Neue zu machen. Vielen Dank für die Möglichkeit, sie discoern zu dürfen, auch, wenn es zum Teil schon recht lange her sein kann, dass ich sie fotografiert habe.
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Discovered it. Thank you for sharing.
danke fürs zeigen. viele grüße acubee
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Diese aussergewönliche Geocoin/Trackable am Gutenberg-Giga-Event in Mainz gesehen.👍
Vielen Dank für's Zeigen.
Grüsse aus der Schweiz, niggae.
This nice Geocoin/Trackable seen on the Gutenberg-Giga-Event Mainz 👍.
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Greetings from Switzerland, niggae.
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bedankt om te mogen discoveren. grts, hilde.
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Während des GIGA-Events Mainz Gutenberg 2015 habe ich eine Menge Coins und TB's zum Discovern gefunden.
Unter allen tollen Einzelstücken und Listen waren viele schöne Dinge dabei und dafür bedanke ich mich. Sollte dieser TB oder diese Coin nicht zum discovern gedacht sein, dann bitte einfach diesen Logeintrag löschen. Bei allen stolzen Besitzern bedanke ich mich fürs Zeigen und Discovernlassen.
Danke für's Discoverndürfen
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Peut discovern Merci pour
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danke fürs zeigen. wo auch immer (cache,event,groundspeak gallery, facebook, ...)
wünsche deinen coins/tbs weiterhin eine gute reise!
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Beim GIGA-Event in Mainz haben wir viele Coins & TB´s gesehen und discovered.
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GIGA Mainz - The Gutenberg GIGA.
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