Magellan

__**Ferdinand Magellan**__ __ Biography - Nick Apostolopoulos __ Ferdinand Magellan was born in 1480 in Sabrosa, Portugal to Rui de Mangalhaes and Alda de Mesquita. Because his family were friends with the royal family, Magellan became a page to the Portuguese Queen after his parent’s deaths in 1490. This allowed him to become educated and learn about the various Portuguese explorations and expeditions.

Magellan took part in his first sea voyage in 1505 when Portugal sent him to India to help install Francisco de Almeida as the Portuguese viceroy. He also experienced his first battle there in 1509 when one of the local Kings rejected the practice of paying tribute to the new viceroy.

On April 21th 1521, Magellan took part in the Battle of Mactan and was killed by Lapu-Lapu’s army.

Though Magellan died before the Voyages were completed, he is often credited with the first circumnavigation of the earth as he initially led the Voyage. He also discovered the Strait of Magellan and the Mallenganic clouds which his crew was the first to view them while in the Southern Hemisphere. __ Voyages - Louis Sabbatucci __ In Ferdinand’s career he was a great sailor, he sailed to India and the Far East many times and on the way to the Far East he travelled via the Africa’s Cape of Good Hope. As a young man he was in the East India service then in Morocco. After a little fight with King Manuel, he recruited under the Spanish king and set off for his trip around the world in 1519. Magellan was the first person to travel from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean; it took Magellan and his crew 3 years to travel around the world. In this journey Magellan did not complete the entire voyage. On March the 28th they landed in the Philippines and helped a tribal king, Rajah Humabon of Cebu Island. Magellan and his crew were persuaded into helping the tribe kill their enemy Lapu-Lapu on Mactan Island. On April 21, 1521, Magellan took part in the Battle of Mactan and was killed my Lapu-Lapu’s army. Magellen's Ship

=__ The Strait of Magellan - Billy Coats __= Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese sailor; he was the first European to navigate in 1520 during his global circumnavigation voyage. On March 22, 1518, the journey was organized in Valladolid; Magellan was named captain general of the fleet and the governor of all the lands that are found. The fleet was known as the "Armada de las Molucas" or also known as "Navy of the Moluccas". Magellan’s 5 ships set sail from Sanlucar de Barrameda on September 20, 1519. Magellan’s ships entered the strait on November 1, 1520, on All Saint’s Day, and the strait was originally named Estrecho de Todos los Santos (Strait of All Saints). Later the Spanish king changed the name to Estrecho de Magellan’s in memory and honour of Magellan. The first Spanish Colonization was tried in 1584 by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa. The towns suffered major food shortages, later on in 1587 an English navigator called Sir Thomas Canvendish arrived at the site of Rey Don Felipe and only found ruins of the settlement. Sir Thomas Canvendish re-named the site Port Famine.