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Jan 23, 2014 · Ferdinand Magellan was born about 1480 to a noble family in Portugal. As a boy, he served the queen of Portugal as a page, and studied cartography and navigation tenaciously. In his mid-20s ...
Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese Fernão de Magalhães Spanish Fernando de Magallanes , (born c. 1480, Sabrosa, or Porto?, Port.—died April 27, 1521, Mactan, Phil ...
Jul 24, 2019 · Updated on July 24, 2019. Ferdinand Magellan (February 3, 1480–April 27, 1521), a Portuguese explorer, set sail in September 1519 with a fleet of five Spanish ships in an attempt to find the Spice Islands by heading west. Although Magellan died during the journey, he is credited with the first circumnavigation of the Earth.
May 31, 2007 · This dramatic death fits Magellan's remarkable life—a life in which he traveled thousands of miles by boat and sailed seas previously unknown to Europeans. But something happened to Magellan on ...
Apr 27, 2021 · The renegade Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan masterminded a Spanish expedition that completed the first circuit of Earth, although it cost him his life. Writing for BBC History Revealed, Pat Kinsella tells the story and timeline of a triumph beset by mutiny, malnutrition and disaster. Published: April 27, 2021 at 12:00 PM.
May 23, 2018 · Magellan, Ferdinand1480–1521. The Portuguese mariner Fernão de Magalhães, whom the world knows as Ferdinand Magellan, was given command of a Spanish fleet of five ships in 1518 to discover the Spice Islands for Spain. Magellan's five small ships, the Armada de Molucca, departed Seville in 1519 with about 260 crew members from "divers ...
Apr 27, 2017 · On April 27, 1521, Magellan was killed in the Philippines after agreeing to help a local chief with a rival tribe on the island of Cebu. Magellan was hit with a poisoned arrow during the fighting and was abandoned by his former crew and left to die. With only two of the five ships remaining, the crew split up and decided to take spices back to ...
