Ferdinand Magellan World Explorer

Ferdinand Magellan birth

1480 in Portugal

Magellan sailed up rivers into the middle of South America

For months, looking for a quick route to the Pacific

Philippine Islands

In March 1521 the ships reached here .

Peaceful ocean

Spanish name for the Pacific Ocean.

The dispute led to

Thereafter, he sailed for Spain.

Forced to eat

They ate spoiled food, biscuits crawling with worms, rats, sawdust, and leather, and drank yellow water.

circumnavigate

To sail around the globe

Ferdinand Magellan

a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition that sailed around the Earth (1519-1522).

scurvy,

a sickness caused by not getting enough vitamin C, which is found in fruits and vegetables.

His proposal to King Charles V of Spain

a westward voyage around the tip of South America would take them to Asia.

Magellan's background

born in Northern Portugal, of the nobility, wealthy and powerful.

Magellan's end

killed towards the end of the voyage in the Philippines, during a battle with the natives.

Early sailing career

sailed his native Portugal to India, the Far East, around Africa's Cape of Good Hope, until a dispute with the Portuguese King turned him against the Portuguese.

The five ships used to sail that September 8, 1519, from Spain

the Concepcion, Victoria, Trinidad, San Antonio,and Santiago.

In March 1521

the ships reached the Philippine Islands

1520, near the tip of South America

three of Magellan's ships sailed through what is now called the Strait of Magellan,

Magellan's death

was killed towards the end of the voyage in the Philippines, during a battle with the natives