Ferdinand Magellan Biography, Timeline & Facts about the famous explorer, explorations & voyages in the Age

of Exploration Ferdinand Magellan Ships Short Biography of the life of Ferdinand Magellan - Explorer and Navigator The following biography information provides basic facts about the life Ferdinan d Magellan: Nationality - Portuguese Lifespan - 1480 - 1521 Family - son of wealthy Mayor Pedro Ruy de Magalhaes and of Alda de Mezquita. Education - Tutored at the Court of Portugal Career - Explorer and Navigator Famous for : Ferdinand Magellan a Portuguese sea captain who led five Spanish sh ips and 251 men in the first voyage around the World The government of Spain provided the 5 ships for the expedition - Ferdinand Mage llan Ships Magellan commanded the Trinidad Juan de Cartagena commanded the San Antonio Gaspar de Quesada commanded the Conception Luis de Mendoza commanded the Victoria Juan Serrano commanded the Santiago Facts, Timeline & History about the life of Ferdinand Magellan - Explorer and Na vigator The following are additional facts about the life, timeline and history of Ferdi nand Magellan: 1480: Ferdinand Magellan was born at Saborosa in Villa Real, Province of Traz os Montes in Portugal Magellan was from a wealthy and influential family and he spent his early years at the Portuguese court One of his teachers was believed to be the cartographer and navigator, Martin Be haim and Magellan become interested in making great voyages of discovery Ferdinand Magellan also studied the maps of Christopher Columbus 1505: Ferdinand Magellan joined the expedition of Francisco d'Almeida to India 1512: Magellan took part in the Portuguese expedition to Morocco and was badly w ounded 1512: Ferdinand Magellan had a major disagreement with a commanding officer and left the service without prior permission

1513: Ferdinand Magellan asked King Manuel of Portugal for permission to sail to the Spice Islands in the Far East. His request was refused following the unfavo urable reports from Morocco He resumed his studies in Portugal for a couple more years but it was obvious he would not gain support from the Portuguese court. He therefore renounced his Po rtuguese nationality 1518: Magellan left Portugal and headed for Spain 1519 March 22: Magellan convinced King Charles I of Spain to support his voyage to the Spice Islands. King Charles promised Magellan one-fifth of the profits fr om the voyage to the Spice Islands The government of Spain provided 5 ships for the expedition: Magellan commanded Trinidad Juan de Cartagena commanded the San Antonio Gaspar de Quesada commanded the Conception Luis de Mendoza commanded the Victoria Juan Serrano commanded the Santiago Ferdinand Magellan led the five Spanish ships and 251 men in what was to become the first voyage around the World 1519, 20 September: The fleet under Ferdinand Magellan sailed across the Atlanti c Ocean to South America and Rio de Janeiro. Magellan then started to search for a passage to the Pacific Ocean 1520, March: Magellan's fleet anchored for the winter at Puerto San Julian in So uthern Argentina 1520 September : A storm destroys the Santiago and a mutiny breaks out 1520 October: Magellan and his crew resumed their voyage on the remaining ships 1520, 21 November: he entered the straits which would be named the Magellan Stra its - they were to be the first Europeans ever to sail across the Pacific 1521 13 February Magellan reached the Equator 1521 March 6: Magellan reached the Pacific island of Guam 1521 16 March Magellan discovers the Philippines 1521 April 27: Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives on the island of Mactan Only 110 of the original crew members remained so they abandoned one of the ship s - the Conception The Trinidad tried to return back to Spain the same way they had came but was fo rced to return to the Spice Islands where they were imprisoned by the Portuguese The Victoria was the last remaining ship

1522, September 6 the Victoria reached Sanlucar de Barrameda in Spain with only eighteen survivors The momentous voyage of Ferdinand Magellan had taken nearly three years and many lives