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Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan. By Cyrus Bourgeois. Childhood. He is born in Portugal His birth place is still undecided. His family was link of some kind to the royal family At the age of ten he lost his parents He went as a page to the royal family which gave him the opportunity to become educated.

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Ferdinand Magellan

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  1. Ferdinand Magellan By Cyrus Bourgeois

  2. Childhood • He is born in Portugal • His birth place is still undecided. • His family was link of some kind to the royal family • At the age of ten he lost his parents • He went as a page to the royal family which gave him the opportunity to become educated

  3. Starting exploring • He work for the Portugese • He went for more than one time across The cape of Good Hope • He went more than one time to the Far East

  4. Turning to the Spanish • After a fight with King Maonel II of Portugal he turned towards the Spanish • He and a Ruy de Falero (a friend of his) presented to the king of Spain Charles V a western expedition going around the tip of South America would take to the Moluccas (Islands rich in spice) • The king accepted this expedition.

  5. Going for the Moluccas • Ferdinand Magellan’s Fleet was composed of Five ships: • Victoria • Trinidad • Santiago • San Tiago • Conception

  6. On Sea • From Atlantic to the Pacific all was well • Restoring the food supplies/water supplies in South America • Finding a way around took him a long time the crew began to be unhappy. • Mutiny, but quickly erased.

  7. Pacific • October 1520 The strait is found. • It took 38 days to sail across the dangerous strait. • After the strait they come on an ocean the Magellan named it the Pacific Ocean. • Scurvy. • Captain revolt • San Antonio was sailing back to Spain

  8. Death • March 1521 he reach the Island of Guam. • Sailed from it to the Moluccas • While in the Philippines he got killed in a fight with natives. • He never reach the Moluccas. • Only the Victoria Returned to Spain.

  9. Resources • http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/magellan.htm • http://geography.about.com/od/historyofgeography/a/magellan.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan

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