Compass Rose Geocoin 2008 2008 Compass Rose Geocoin - AC

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

2008 Compass Rose in Antique Copper

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 2/14/2018 JaMaDuLi discovered it   Visit Log

In verschiedenen Logbüchern, in Caches, auf Events, Online oder bei anderen Gelegenheiten gesehen. Vielen Dank fürs Zeigen!
Liebe Grüsse…
"JaMaDuLi"
Discovered It 12/31/2017 LordT discovered it   Visit Log

Gespot in JL's Treasure Chest. Indrukwekkende en mooie collectie!
Discovered It 12/15/2017 LordT discovered it   Visit Log

Gespot in JL's Treasure Chest. Indrukwekkende en mooie collectie!
Discovered It 11/11/2017 Du Mistvieh discovered it   Visit Log

Erst einmal schon Entschuldigung an die Owner für das späte Discovern.
Komme endlich mal dazu meine offenen Views zu loggen.
Viele wurden beim Ilmenauer Stammtisch gesehen, oder auf diversen anderen Events.
Ein Großteil jedoch draussen auf weiter Flur 🙂
Vielen Dank fürs Zeigen und die vielen verschiedenen damit verbundenen Eindrücken.

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Discovered It 10/31/2017 ipoded discovered it   Visit Log

I'm logging TB's and coins from the past 5 years from photos I took on Events, Megas & Gigas all around in Europe. This is one of them. THANK YOU!
Discovered It 10/10/2017 ae911 discovered it   Visit Log

Noch die ein oder andere TB Nummer gefunden
Danke fürs zeigen

Discovered It 10/10/2017 ae911 discovered it   Visit Log

Noch die ein oder andere TB Nummer gefunden
Danke fürs zeigen

Discovered It 9/17/2017 Pan314159 discovered it   Visit Log

The owner of these trackables was kind enough to share his collection with me at GCF Belgium.
Thank you very much!
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Discovered It 8/31/2017 queenfr discovered it   Visit Log

Nachdem der Zugriff auf die Bilder des alten Handys nun doch wieder möglich ist...
...können wir diesem Reisenden allzeit gute Fahrt wünschen. Danke fürs Discovern.
Discovered It 8/30/2017 major.tom discovered it   Visit Log

beim cachen gesehen, danke fürs zeigen!
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