During that time, the captain of the San Antonio turned his ship around and sailed back to Spain â taking a good deal of the supplies with him. Magellan's fleet left Spain on Aug. 10, 1519. The ships passed through the Strait of Magellan on Oct. 21, 1520. Magellan was killed in the Philippines on April 27, 1521. The remaining two ships returned to Spain in September 1522 â three years and a month since the journey began.
plural sheepskins. Learner's definition of SHEEPSKIN. 1. [count, noncount] a : the skin of a sheep usually with the wool still on it. b : a type of leather made from the skin of a sheep. a bag/coat made of sheepskin.
Wool is the dense, warm coat of sheep, also called a fleece. The hair of sheep has many unique properties that make it well suited to textile production, something humans realized approximately 8000 BCE, when sheep first began to be domesticated. Wool is used in a variety of textiles and can be found woven or knitted.