He discovered the Philippines. He also named the Pacific Ocean and he named a strait after himself.
He liked to learn new things
To find a new route to eastern asia
Ferdinand Magellan was born to a wealthy and noble family. At the age of ten, he was a page to the Queen of Portugal. He attended Queen Leonora's School for Pages and developed an interest in cartography, celestial navigation and astronomy early in life.
to find a new way to the spice islands
he wanted to find a new sea rout to Asia from Africa
Magellan's sponsors wanted new land and a faster route to the spice islands
He liked to learn new things
Queen Isabella of Spain was dear cousins and very close with Ferdinand Magellen. She was very trustworthy of him and thought that if any one could find new lands that it would be him. Magellan set off on his explorations in hope to find new lands but died in a war in the Phillipines for there land
To find a new route to eastern asia
Ferdinand Magellan was born to a wealthy and noble family. At the age of ten, he was a page to the Queen of Portugal. He attended Queen Leonora's School for Pages and developed an interest in cartography, celestial navigation and astronomy early in life.
to find a new way to the spice islands
he wanted to find a new sea rout to Asia from Africa
He led the first expidition around the world....... Hope i helped i know i do the same this as you for social studies i just dont understand it lol but yeahhh.........
The answer is he found diamonds and all kinds of neat stuff.
Yes.This is a quote from wikipedia:"Magellan's crew observed several animals that were entirely new to European science, including a "camel without humps", which was probably a guanaco, whose range extends to Tierra del Fuego, unlike the llama, vicuña or alpaca, whose ranges are confined to the Andes mountains. A black "goose" that had to be skinned instead of plucked was apenguin."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan
To discover a western route to India.
He died in the Philippines and his ship returned home without him.