Magellan

media type="custom" key="712383"  **__Introduction:__ ** Ferdinand Magellan was born in Sabrosa, Portugal 1480. He died on April 27, 1521 at the age of 41.

__**Background**:__ In 1480 Magellan was born into a weathly family, his father was the mayor of the town where Magellan lived, Saborsa, Portugal. At the age of 25 Magellan joined a fleet of ships with a purpose of making a trading post in Africa. Ferdinand's real name is   Fernão de Magalhães. At first when his plan to go east to get to Asia was turned down by King John the 2nd's son (King Manuel) he went to the king of Spain just to upset King Manuel. The King of Spain ( King Charles) decided to take up this offer. He supplied Magellan with five ships the "Trinidad" the "San Antonio" the "Concepcion", the "Santiago", and the "Victoria." King Charles also supplied him with 250 men.
 * __Purpose__ **__:__ Magellan wanted to find a shorter route to Asia by sailing around the Americas so he could reach the Moluccas Spice Islands.

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__Route of Exploration__:  ** In 1519, Magellan sailed from Seville, Spain through the Canary Islands. He sailed east across the Atlantic Ocean. Then sailed along the east coast of South America, through a strait, which was later named " The Magellan Strait", there the "Santiago" sank. Around Cape Horn and throught the Pacific Ocean. After he went through the Pacific ocean where he lost 19 men from scury and lack of food. They went through the Philippines where he met his death trying to make peace between two warring Mactan Native tribes. After that his crew didn't have enough food after the battle with the Mactan Natives. He lost more then 100 soldiers, and because of that, the crew didn't have enough poeple to fill all three ships so they sank the"Concepcion" and the "Trinidad", and decided to go back to Spain with all of its goods, but the "Victoria" wanted to go back to South America, but sank.

__**Hardships Faced**:__ Before Ferdinand Magellan's expedition started, he didn't get permission to sail from his homeland, So he had to go to Spain to get sponsered. He left with 250 men and 5 ships, He came back with 1 ship and 18 men. After a month of sailing, terrible hardships struck the fleet. The food ran low, there was a short supply of drinking water, and many men died from scurvy. Ferdinand Magellan died from stabbing hail of bamboo spears, while trying to make peace between two Native tribes at war in the Philippines.  __ **Other Notable Occurrences**: __  Magellan was the first person to say that the Earth was round. Ferdinand Magellan also negotiated Spain's first alliance with Massava.

__<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,20,20)">**Historical Contributions**: __ At Cebu, he converted the king and his chief followers to Christianity. He was first person to find a way around the Earth. Magellan was the first European to sail across the Pacific Ocean and the first to discover a route by which ships could sail a complete circle around the world. <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,20,20)"> __ <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif">**Sources and references**: __ <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif"> -    <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif"> Hynson,Colin Magellan & The Exploration of South America, New York: Scholastic Printing, 1999.

-Ferdinand Magellan. Compton's by Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica. 2005. eLibrary. Proquest CSA. BAYVIEW GLEN SCHOOL. 02 Apr 2008. http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/curriculumca <span style="COLOR: rgb(4,86,241)"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif">Bailey, Katharine. __Fredinand Magellan, Circumnavigating the World.__ St.Catharines. 2006 Crabtree Publishing Company. <span style="COLOR: rgb(13,13,13); FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif">-[|http://www.search.eb.com/] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif"> [|http://www.search.eb.com/eb/article-9049979] Mitchell, Mairin. "Magellan, Ferdinand." Monday, April 21st, 2008    <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif">


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