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Ferdinand Magellan Essay Research Paper Magellan lived

Ferdinand Magellan Essay, Research Paper


Magellan lived a short life of about 40 years. Magellan was born


around 1480 in Oporto, Portugal. There is little known about


Magellan’s childhood, but we do know that when he was 12 years old,


he was a page at the Portuguese court. While Magellan was a page,


he met another page named Francisco Serrao. Serrao turned out to be


a friend to Magellan for both of their entire lives. Serrao also grew up


to be an explorer. Magellan and Serrao were promoted to squires


together. Magellan was killed on April 27, 1521 during his


explorations.


Magellan’s explorations began when Serrao, now an explorer, went to


the Moluccan Islands and decided to stay there. Magellan wanted to


find his friend and explore west of the Americas so he asked the


Portuguese king for the supplies, ships, and men to do it. After the


Portuguese king refused, Magellan went to King Ferdinand, the king of


Spain who gave him the supplies. Magellan set out exploring west in


1519 with 5 ships: his flagship, the Trinidad, the Santiago, the San


Antonio, the Conception, and the Victoria. Three of Magellan’s ships


were taken over at the very beginning of his voyage. Then, sailing


south on the East Coast of South America, the Santiago wrecked.


Magellan, only having four shi

ps left, found a strait near the bottom of


South America. It was later named the Strait of Magellan. Only a little


way into the strait, the San Antonio retreated back to Spain. At the


end of the strait, Magellan saw another ocean. He named it Pacific


because Pacifico in Portuguese means calm, and this new ocean was


very calm. Magellan was the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean.


When Magellan got to the Philippines, he was thought to have been


eaten by cannibals. When Magellan was killed, the Conception was


abandoned. There were only two ships left: the Trinidad and the


Victoria, and the Trinidad was forced to turn back and head to the


Moluccas. The Victoria reached Spain on September 6, 1522. 230 men


left Spain with Magellan and only 18 returned. Ferdinand got the


credit for circumnavigating the world.


Magellan faced many dangers both before and during his explorations.


Here are some of them. Before his explorations, Magellan was sent


into battle multiple times. He was injured in one of the battles. During


his explorations, three of Magellan’s ships were taken over. Luckily,


Magellan regained control of his ships. Magellan and his men came


close to starving. They had to eat sawdust because they were so low


on food. Those were only some of the dangers that Magellan faced.

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