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Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who captained five Spanish ships and 251 men in the first around-the-world voyage. He was the first explorer to cross the Pacific Ocean and circumnavigate the world.
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Why was Ferdinand Magellan's voyage considered a turning point in world history?
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Ferdinand Magellan diccovered Magellan's strait, a western route to get to the Spice Isles by sea. He sailed using the ship Trinidad but was killed during the Battle of Mactan (a newly discovered island in the Philipines)
Being the fist man to circumnavigate the world, he improved maps and voyages everywhere. He proved that the world was round, and that travel could be easier than a life-or-death voyage (despite the fact that he died).
Did Fredinand Magellan travel around the world?
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He did not. He died in the Philipenes. His crew did. But they give him credit.
How long did Magellan take to reach the caniy islands?
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Magellan reached the Philippines for 8 years. From 1410-1418.
What happened to Ferdinand Magellan's 5 ships?
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Other ships are destroyed because of a typhoon, others from a war while others sank. Only Victoria, returned to Spain.
Of what sickness did Magellan die?
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Ferdinand Magellan died in the Battle of Mactan from a poisoned arrow that hit his leg. He was also hit in the arm with a bamboo spear. When he fell because of his wounds, the natives ruled by Datu Lapulapu, fell on him with their spears.
What was the greatest achievement of Ferdinand Magellan?
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He started the expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the globe. He died on the way, however, he is still given the credit.
How many magellan's ships completed the journey?
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Of the five ships that Ferdinand Magellan took on his Pacific Ocean expedition, only one, the Victoria, returned to Spain. It was commanded by captain Juan Sebastián Elcano, who led the expedition after Magellan was killed on the island of Mactan (now part of the Philippines).
Where is Ferdinand Magellan's burial place?
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Magellan was never buried, as far as we know. He died in Mactan, Philippines, in a battle with Lapulapu. His remains were apparently kept by Lapulapu as a trophy, but know one knows what really happened.
Pigafetta and Ginés de Mafra provided written documents of the events culminating in Magellan's death:
"Nothing of Magellan's body survived, that afternoon the grieving rajah-king, hoping to recover his remains, offered Mactan's victorious chief a handsome ransom of copper and iron for them but Datu Lapulapu refused. He intended to keep the body as a war trophy. Since his wife and child died in Seville before any member of the expedition could return to Spain, it seemed that every evidence of Ferdinand Magellan's existence had vanished from the earth."
What country did Ferdinand Magellan sail for or represent?
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Ferdinand Magellan was the one of the well-known in the field of the world's exploration. He was born in the year 1480 in Portugal and he organized the expedition that resulted the first Earth circumnavigation and its been completed by Juan Sebastian Elcano after he died on Mactan Battle.
What was Ferdinand Magellan ships like?
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He was very curious about the wierdest things. I did a report on him in 5th grade,now in 7th, he was a very peculiar about alot of things
Why Ferdinand Magellan discovery is important?
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He was the first to circumnavigate the world ---- because he was the first one to circumnavigate Earth
How long did it take magellans crew to travel from Spain to the straight of Magellan?
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What places did Magellan explore?
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Ferdinand Magellan almost made it all the way around the world, and is credited with being the first European to see the Pacific Ocean, which he named. The Straits of Magellan, just south of Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America, are named for him. While he was in that vicinity, he and his crew spotted a new bird, thought at first to be a different type of goose that had to be skinned, rather than plucked - it was a penguin- now named the Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) in his honor.
Ferdinand Magellan is credited as making the first successful circumnavigation of the world.
Actually, Magellan himself did not complete the sail around the world. He started in Spain, but was killed in what is now the Philippines before the voyage was completed.
Nevertheless, Magellan had sailed east of the Philippines on an earlier voyage, so he was one of the first two individuals to have traveled all the way around the earth.
The other individual was Magellan's indentured servant, Enrique, a native of Malacca. There is some dispute as to whether Magellan or Enrique was actually the first to sail around the world. The exact place of Enrique's birth is not known with certainty, nor is the exact time at which he returned to his place of birth. (He departed from Magellan's fleet during a battle, which he may have incited himself, and so there was no communication between Enrique and the survivors of Magellan's fleet after his departure.)
Did Magellan sail on the Trinidad?
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The flagship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, the caravel Trinidad, was captured by the Portuguese in the Maluku Islands (Moluccas) and sailed to Ternate Island, where the sails and rigging were removed. The vessel eventually sank there after a storm broke it up.
What were the names of the five ships in Magellan's expedition?
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The name of Magellan's five ships (provided by King Charles V) were as follows:
- The Santiago (75 tons) -- this ship was wrecked in a storm during a scouting mission.
- The San Antonio (120 tons) -- this ship's crew deserted and sailed back to Spain.
- The Concepción (90 tons) -- this ship was abandoned and burned after the battle in which Magellan was killed because there were not enough crew members to sail the remaining three ships.
- The Trinidad (110 tons) -- this ship, after splitting up with Victoria because of required repairs, was captured by the Portugese and wrecked in a storm.
- The Victoria (85 tons) -- this ship sailed successfully back to Spain, completing Magellan's mission and also the circumnavigation of the globe.
How is Magellan remembered?
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he was remembered for telling everyone that the the world was round instead of flat and that he was the first man to do anything like walk, talk,sing,dance, and last but not least he was the first person to rape someone nasty right but its true if you dont belive look on google an dyou will see
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What area of the American continents did Magellan explore?
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Practically zero, Magellan doesn't explored South America.
Why did Magellan approach the king of Spain?
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Magellan proposed to the Spanish king an expedition to find a passage through the New World to this ocean and to sail west to the Moluccas, thus proving that the Spice Islands lay on the Spanish side of the line of demarcation.
How did Magellan injure his leg?
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In his 20's he joined a military expedition and got wounded during a battle in Morocco.
