Magellan+by+courtney


 * Magellan sailed in 1519-1592 he was born in 1480 in Portugal . He sailed from Portugal to the Phillipine Islands ,Cape of good hope,Spain and through the bottom part of South America which he named it the straight of Magellan. He started out with 250 people in 5 ships he never made it around the world he died on April 27 in the Fillipinos when they were attacked ,but with just 18 sailors left he proved 2 more explorers points that you could sail west and get to India and only one ship made it. He was the first ever explorer to make it around the world. His ship was called the Victoria Magellan named the Pacific Ocean Pacific because pacific means peaceful and the waters very peaceful. In 1519 Magellan landed in South America, they saw penguins in Patagonia.In 1517 Magellan got married to a lady named Beatrice. Magellan used the hour glass and the traverse board. The people of Spain thought Magellan was tough, stocky and stubborn. Ferdinand Magellan was also a navigator in1521 March ships reached the Mariana Islands. As a boy Ferdinand worked for the queens household in Portugal . In 1505 he went on a military expedition,he went to sea at last the king had rewarded with a command of a ship he joined the expedition. Because of his reputation he was invited to Seville in neighboring Spain. In 1519 he landed in the Rio De Janeiro near the beautiful sugar loaf mountain they made friends with the local Indians . The expedition found winter in the estuary of the Santa Cruz river the smallest of the ships the Santiago was stranded on th sand bank. In October they were closer to the South Pole. Some people said Magellan was fitted for life at sea Magellan had longed to go at sea ,but King John was murdered ,and his brother- in -law Duke Manuel became the new King Manuel he had no interest in the exploration. For 6 years he ignored Magellan's pleas to leave the court to become a sailor the King had now isued a armada of 22 fighting ships to chase away the Arab traders. That is how Magellan the first explorer around the world became famous. **

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