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What did Magellan go to America for?
The term America is traditionally used to mean the United States or at least North America. By this definition Ferdinand Magellan did not come to America. He did come by South America and his purpose was to find a westward route from Spain to Asia.
What was Ferdinand Magellan motivation?
His motivation was to find the northwest passage
What did Ferdinand Magellan find on his voyage?
On October 21, he finally discovered the strait he had been seeking. The Strait of Magellan, as it became known, is located near the tip of South America, separating Tierra del Fuego and the continental mainland. :)
What were the french hoping to find in North America?
Northwest Passage.
What land was claimed for Spain as the result of Ferdinand magellan's circumnavigation of the global beginning in 1519?
Ferdinand Magellan never traveled to North America. Magellan was a Portuguese-born Spanish explorer who was ordered to find a new trade route to the Spice Islands (now Indonesia) and did so by sailing across the Atlantic, around the tip of South America, and across the Pacifica. He was murdered in a battle when his crew landed in the Philippines so he was unable to complete the entire journey himself.
Who tried to find the north west passage?
magellan tried to find the west passage
What did Magellan go to America for?
The term America is traditionally used to mean the United States or at least North America. By this definition Ferdinand Magellan did not come to America. He did come by South America and his purpose was to find a westward route from Spain to Asia.
What french sailor was sent to find the northwest passage?
Magellan
What motivates Ferdinand Magellan?
His motivation was to find the northwest passage
What was America vespucchis purpose for his voyage?
His purpose was to find a passage to Asia. He landed on the coast of South America.
Why did Ferdinand Magellan come?
The term America is traditionally used to mean the United States or at least North America. By this definition Ferdinand Magellan did not come to America. He did come by South America and his purpose was to find a westward route from Spain to Asia.
What was Ferdinand Magellan motivation?
His motivation was to find the northwest passage
Who discovered the passage from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean?
The 1519-1522 expedition led by Ferdinand Magellan was the first to circumnavigate the globe, and thus the first to discover the sea route around Cape Horn, at the tip of South America.
Where did Henry Hudson go on his voyages?
To find the northwest passage and in between north and south America
Where did Magellan find spices?
he went to Indonesia to find spice and he sailed through the westard passage!
What was Magellan's major discovery?
His was the first expedition to travel around the world, although he died en-route. (The trip was finished after his death in Guam, in 1522. ) He sailed around the tip of A South America, and found a westward passage, which was named after him the 'Strait of Magellan'. He was the first to find a new ocean. It was calm and peaceful, so he named it Pacific.
What were Ferdinand magellans goals?
Ferdinand Magellan's goals were to find a western route to the Spice Islands, to see South America and the animals there also to find El Paso and to stay within Spain's territory.
