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The Magellan expedition, also known as the Magellan–Elcano expedition, was the first voyage around the world. It was a 16th century Spanish expedition initially led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan to the Moluccas, which departed from Spain in 1519, and completed in 1522 by Spanish navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano, after crossing the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, culminating in the first circumnavigation of the world.
Ferdinand Magellan ( portugalsko Fernão de Magalhães ), portugalski pomorščak in raziskovalec, * 1480, Sabrosa, Portugalska, † 27. april 1521, otok Mactan, Filipini. V letih 1506–1512 je raziskal Dišavne otoke (Moluki), leta 1517 pa se je Španiji ponudil, da odpluje do teh otokov z zahodne smeri. Španijo je zapustil leta 1519 in ...
Ferdinand Magellan was born in 1480 into a noble Portuguese family. His parents died when he was still a boy and he became a court page in Lisbon. In 1505, he enlisted in the fleet of the ...
Jun 4, 2024 · Ferdinand Magellan - Explorer, Strait, Voyage: The fleet, carrying about 270 men, predominantly from Spain and Portugal but also from far-flung parts of Europe and North Africa, reached Tenerife in the Canary Islands on September 26, 1519, and set sail on October 3 for Brazil.
Magellan’s Circumnavigation of the Earth. On September 20, 1519, five ships carrying about 270 men left the Spanish port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda sailing west — and kept going. Led by explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the armada’s goal was to reach the Spice Islands of Maluku (in the Indonesian archipelago) and open a new trading route for Spain.
May 23, 2018 · Ferdinand Magellan was born in Oporto, Portugal, in 1480. His parents were members of the Portuguese nobility, and the young Magellan found himself in the service of royalty at an early age. He was only twelve when he began serving the queen of Portugal as a page, a position of employment for youths in royal courts.
May 31, 2007 · More certain is the impact Ferdinand Magellan had on both the world of exploration and, through that, the world at large. Born of noble blood in Portugal in 1480, Magellan worked in the Queen's ...
