He was trying to look for the spice islands.
Magellan set sail from Seville.
Ferdinand Magellan was likely in his early 20s when he set off for his first voyage. He was born around 1480, and his first documented voyage was in 1505 when he joined a Portuguese fleet bound for India. This would place him in his mid-20s at the time of his first voyage.
Magellan set sail with a fleet of around 270 men spread across five ships when he embarked on his voyage to circumnavigate the globe in 1519.
Magellan started his voyage in the year 1519
Ferdinand Magellan set sail in 1519 . He was a Potugese sailor , but undertook the voyage under the flag of Spain. He died in the Philippines , and never made the return voyage, but as Captain of the Fleet , the credit is still given to him.
Magellan sailed in 1519. He died on the voyage in the Philippines.
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The last voyage of Magellan was the one that he is famous for, where he circumnavigated the world. He died on that voyage when he was in the Philippines. The Lapu Lapu tribe killed him.
Captain Cook set off on his second voyage on 13 July 1772.
Homonhon Island off Eastern Samar was the first Philippine island spotted by Ferdinand Magellan in his voyage to the east.
There is no Cape of Magellan noted on any maps that include the voyage of Magellan. There are Straits of Magellan that are located in the waterway between Chile and Argentina in South America. The area at the mouth of the Atlantic Ocean off the Straits of Magellan might have been named Cape Magellan at one time.