Why was Ferdinand Magellan's voyage important? He proved that you could travel through the land of the New World to get to Asia.

He proved that you could not sail around the whole world.

He proved that you could reach Asia by traveling west.

He claimed more land for Spain than any other explorer.

The political cartoon below was drawn by thomas nast in 1871: a political cartoon shows a heavy set man with a long nose and a beard in a suit and vest. he is smoking a cigar and has a menacing expression. he leans against a large box that says, in counting there is strength. on top of that box is a smaller container labeled, the ballot. dialogue under the cartoon reads, thats whats the matter. boss tweed, as long as i count the votes, what are you going to do about it? say? public domain what issue does this cartoon address?