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Mar 4, 2019 · One of the greatest explorers of the Age of Discovery, Ferdinand Magellan is best known for leading the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe. However, he personally did not complete the route and perished in the South Pacific. A determined man, he overcame personal obstacles, mutinies, uncharted seas, biting hunger, and malnutrition ...
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 ...
Apr 25, 2019 · Magellan’s Death: A Detailed Description by Antonio Pigafetta. Magellan died because he underestimated the battle-hardened Filipino natives. Every April 27, Filipinos commemorate the Battle of Mactan, the fateful day when Lapu-Lapu led his tribe to repel Spaniards from invading our shores.
Known for. The first to sail around the world. Signature. Ferdinand Magellan (1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese explorer. He became the first European to sail the Pacific Ocean, and the first to sail around the world. Magellan's voyage proved that the Earth was round. [1] 2.
Jun 14, 2021 · An illustration depicting the death of the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe in 1519-22. Magellan was killed on 27 April 1521 at the Battle of Mactan on the island of Cebu (now the Philippines).
Jul 20, 2023 · On April 27, 1521, he and a small Spanish force of 60 armed men and 20 to 30 native allies attempted an amphibious invasion at dawn. As Bergreen notes, Magellan assumed that his superior ...
Fernão de Magalhães, d. 1521 (Ferdinand Magellan) Expedition (1519–1522): Five ships (Trinidad, San Antonio, Concepción, Victoria, Santiago), 237 men. Charge (by King Charles I of Spain): To reach the Spice Islands via South America and to gain exclusive European rights to spices. Accomplishments: First circumnavigation of the world ...
