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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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What are some strange facts about Ferdinand Magellan?
An interesting fact about Ferdinand Magellan is that he was Portuguese and he sailed for the Spanish. Weird right? I know. He was the First one to circum navigate the world
Where did Magellan think he landed?
Magellan left Spain in 1520. His first stop was at the tip of South America. He then continued on around the world and landed in Malaysia. Del Cano carried on the Magellan expedition in 1522 and landed at the tip of Africa
What did magellans crew face on their trip around the world?
Magellan died in battle April 27th, 1521 in the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines in the midle of his voyage to find a westward route to the Spice Islands.
1519-1522 Ferdinand Magellan was trying to reach the Indies going west.
He was killed in the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines.
His crew were the first one's to sail around the world.
Why did Magellan served Spain instead of Portugal?
The King and Queen wouldn't help him with his voyage so he turned to Spain.
What war did Ferdinand Magellan die in?
He was killed on the beach on April 27th, 1521 on of the island of Mactan in the Philippines by the native inhabitants. He had landed there in an attempt to overcome the king there, Lapu-Lapu, at the request of the king on a neighbouring island he had befriended and converted to Christianity.
Where did Ferdinand Magellan end his voyage around the world?
Some of his men returned to Spain in 1522. Seventeen other men arrived later in Spain : twelve men captured by the Portuguese in cape verde some weeks earlier, and between 1525 and 1527 five survivors of the Trinidad.(Magellan was killed in the Battle Of Mactan in the Philippines in 1521.)
What did Ferdinand Magellan bring back to Eourope?
Spices, silk, and small plastic toys is what he brought back to Europe from China
What year did Magellan first circumnavagate the glode?
Ferdinand Magellan did not circumnavigate the globe. He attempted to in 1519 but was killed in the Philippines in 1520. Some of his crew managed to sail one of his ships back to Spain and thus became the first circumnavigators.
Did Ferdinand Magellan get shot in the eye by an AK-47?
No because AK-47's werent invented in time a ferdinand magallen
When did Ferdinand Magellans parents died?
Ferdinand Magellan - Fernão de Magalhães (portuguese) (Born in Sabrosa, in the spring of 1480 - Died at Cebu, Philipines, April, 27 of 1521) was a portuguese discoverer, son of Rodrigo de Magalhães and Alda de Mesquita.
What county did Ferdinand Magellan sail for?
Ferdinand Magellan was the first to sail from Europe westwards to Asia, and the first European to sail the Pacific Ocean. In 1519 Magellan set sail to circumnavigate the world. His fleet reached the Philippines a year and a half later.
How many ship did Magellan have?
1. Trinidad- Flagship of Maluku Armada, got lost in the sea trying to get back to Spain. Ruled by Hernando Magellan
2. Concepcion- ruled by Gaspar De Quesada ( got executed by Magellan because after the revolt.) Abandoned.
3. San Antonio-ruled by Juan De Cartagena at start. Then the ship deserted the expedition and returned to Spain by Esteban Gomez.
4. Victoria- Ruled bi Luis de Mendoza until he got executed in the expedition.
Only ship who managed to survive the expedition ( except San Antonio ).
5. Santiago- Destroyed by the storm in the coast of Patagonia. Ruled by Luis Serrano.
it was hard for Magellan to sail arround.there wasn't much food for everyone to eat!
Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Battle of Mactan, Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines, by a tribal chieftain named Datu Lapu-Lapu. A poisoned arrow hit him in the leg. A bamboo spear got him in the arm. When he fell, the natives fell over him with their spears. The Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was hit by a poisoned arrow and killed with spears.
Why should you remember Fernando Magellan?
He was the first European to Circumnavigate the Earth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan
be cause he's team and him is the one who circumnavigate the earth he is the one who believe that earth is round and he proved it but actually he is not the first it is pigafitta because Magellan died on Philippines
What islands did Magellan claim for Spain?
Among several, Magellan claimed the Philippine Islands for the nation of Spain. In all, the Philippines comprise some 7,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean.
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.
No, he was killed in Cebu, Philippines, though some of the people with him on the expedition did. A giant cross in Mactan, Cebu stands and is actually a famous tourist attraction called Magellan's cross.
