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Magellan’s Eight Greeks that Sailed Around the Globe
Eight Greek sailors were in the crew of Magellam when the Portuguese explorer circumnavigated the Earth for the first time in history
Australia
How Greeks Came to Immigrate to Australia
The first known Greeks to arrive in Australia in 1829 were a group of seven sailors who were transported to New South Wales to serve a sentence for piracy that was given to them by a British naval court....
Greece
Sailors Begin Two-Day Strike
Greek sailors on Tuesday began a two-day strike against government reforms, halting ferry connections to the islands ahead of the Orthodox Easter holidays and disrupting the export of agricultural produce.
The sailors' union PNO said no ferries would leave Piraeus...