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September 2nd, 2008 by maphan

According to the voting that we have launched about two weeks ago the most wanted track became Magellan’s voyage around the world

This is the mapped story about Ferdinand Magellan - the first maritime explorer who made circumnavigation in 1519-1522. Ferdinand was killed during the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines on the morning of April 17, 1521. But his expedition with ship Victoria at the head finished round-the-world voyage in 1522.

Voyage of Magellan

Stay tuned for new GPSed tracks in Historic series from different periods.

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Please welcome a new track from Historic series - German Battleship Bismarck.

Mapped tragic story of the last operation of Bismarck- the most famous battleship of the World War II.  During operation Rheinubung in a few hard battles Bismarck battleship thrilled British fleet. Battlecruiser HMS Hood, flagship of the Home Fleet and pride of the Royal Navy, was sunk within several minutes. Bismarck was hit and sunk about 600 miles away of French coast by superior British forces. In all of the 2,200 crew, 1,995 German sailors had lost their lives.

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We are going to continue the series of Historic tracks. Your opinion is important for us; please vote for the next Historic track. You can add your own choice, if you like.

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August 14th, 2008 by Valery

We are happy to announce that we have started series of historic tracks on GPSed. The first one in this series is a maiden Titanic’s Voyage in the April, 1912. By the link besides of GPS track you can find photos of Titanic’s interior and exterior in Southampton, Cork and even geotagged underwater photos from the place of liner’s wreckage.

If you have some ideas of historic GPSed tracks or even can create ones, please share them with us by the e-mail: historic@gpsed.com

Stay tuned for the new interesting and cognitive historic GPSed tracks. We appreciate any your ideas and propositions.

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