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Ferdinand Magellan. BY: John and Ison. lh3.ggpht.com/.../. Background. Born in 1480 in Northern Portugal. Nationality Portuguese. His Portuguese name was Fernaode Magalhaes His parents DIED when he was the age of 10. Magellan spent his youth as a page in Portugal's royal court.
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Ferdinand Magellan BY: John and Ison. lh3.ggpht.com/.../
Background Born in 1480 in Northern Portugal. Nationality Portuguese. His Portuguese name was Fernaode Magalhaes His parents DIED when he was the age of 10. Magellan spent his youth as a page in Portugal's royal court. Portuguese Sea captain who led the first expedition that sailed around the world. April 27, 1521 Magellan had his death. solarnavigator.net
Voyages • He had two voyages. • On his first voyage Magellan joined a Portuguese fleet that was captained by Francisco Almedia. • On his 2 voyage King Charles got approval from the casa de contratacion who bought the ships and hired 200 crew members. The fleet was called the Armada de Molucca ushistoryimages.com/.../ferdinand-magellan-4.jpg
The purpose of Magellan's first journey was to establish a Portuguese trading post • The reason why he and his crew sailed around the world was to reach the spice islands, by traveling around the tip of South America, because he was inspired by Ruy Faliero. • http://www.greatdreams.com/magellan/magellan.gif
Hardships and Challenges • From the beginning, the voyage of the Armada de Molucca, Magellan’s Portuguese Nationality caused many problems, the Spanish public was outraged that a Portuguese commanded their ships. The Armada’s crew destructed their leader. Armada took 98 days to pass the Pacific Ocean and there was no food or water so most crew members fell in and died of starvation or scurvy. • After 4 months the Armada sailed into the Philippine Islands. Magellan Persuaded the king to be Christian. Magellan continued his conversions in the island of Cebu, Where he and his crew were treated with feasts. The leaders of a nearby island of Mactan refused to convert & Magellan showed them how powerful he was by burning a Mactan village to the ground. He became involved in a rivalry between the Cebuans & the peoples of the island of Mactan. Magellan arranged to fight the Mactans believing that 1 of his men equaled 100 natives in battle. He thought he could easily over power them. Instead thousands of Mactan natives, armed with poisoned tipped arrows & spears, fought just 60 of Magellan's men. Magellan was killed in battle, along with 8 of his men. His crew watched from their ships offshore, refusing to collect Magellan's body. \
Magellan was the first person ever to sail around the world. • Magellan has a strait named after him it is called “Magellan strait.” • http://www.unforgetadvtours.com
Other Notable occurrences. Francis Drake used Magellan as a guide for his journey The story continued as Magellan being famous in the Portuguese court
Magellan died in the year of … Is his nationality Spanish????????????/ • A) in the year 1521 • Magellan and 10 of his men died in the Philippine Islands. False True False True False True
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Websites:Seed,Patricia. “Magellan, Ferdinand.”World Book Student. World Book,N.P.2010.Web.25 April 2010. • David White. “Magellan". Social Studies For Kids.N.P.n.d.Web.25 April 2010. • Books: Barron's Educational Series. Magellan & The Exploration Of South America. New York,1999.Print. • Katharine Bailey. Ferdinand Magellan Circumnavigating The World. U.S.A.Crabtree Publishing.2005.Print. • Encyclopaedia: “Magellan, Ferdinand.”Student Discovery Encyclopedia.2000 ed. Print
