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Subject: Re: Magalhaes
Author: Jim Young   (guest, 87.102.88.168)
Date: September 23, 2007 at 7:37:47 AM
Reply to: Magalhaes by John
I found this snippet in a travel diary on the web at -
www.solsearch.US/diary-page-29.htm
"the Portuguese sailor Fernao de Magalhaes (pronounced "Ma-ga-yeahnce, not the Americanized version, Ma-jell-en)"
I don't know if it's correct, however.

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