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Short Biography of Ferdinand Magellan
Date of Birth: Born in 1480
Place of Birth : Saborosa in Villa Real,
Province of Traz os Montes in Portugal
Parents: Father - Mayor Pedro Ruy de
Magalhaes
Mother:
Alda de Mezquita.
Background Facts, Information & Ancestry :
Came from a wealthy family who had strong
connections with the Portuguese court
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1480 |
Born at Saborosa in Villa
Real, Province of Traz os Montes in Portugal
Well tutored at home and then
spent his early years at the Portuguese court
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1505 |
:Ferdinand Magellan joined the
expedition of Francisco d'Almeida to India |
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1512 |
Took part in the Portuguese
expedition to Morocco and was badly wounded
Has a serious disagreement with a commanding officer
and leaves the service without prior permission
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1513 |
Requests permission from King
Manuel of Portugal to sail to the Spice Islands in
the Far East but is refused following the
unfavourable reports from Morocco
Resumes his studies in Portugal for a couple more
years but fails to gain favor with the Portuguese
court and therefore renounces his Portuguese
nationality
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1518 |
:Magellan leaves Portugal and
heads for Spain |
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1519 |
March 22: Magellan convinces
King Charles I of Spain to support his voyage to the
Spice Islands and the King promises Magellan
one-fifth of the profits from the voyage to the
Spice Islands
Spain provides five ships for the expedition:
Magellan commands the Trinidad
Juan de Cartagena commands the San Antonio
Gaspar de Quesada commands the Conception
Luis de Mendoza commands the Victoria
Juan Serrano commands the Santiago
Leads the five Spanish ships with 251 men in what
was to become the first voyage around the World
20 September: The fleet sail across the Atlantic
Ocean to South America and Rio de Janeiro and then
start to search for a passage to the Pacific Ocean
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1520 |
March: The fleet anchor for
the winter at Puerto San Julian in Southern
Argentina
September : A storm destroys the Santiago and a
mutiny breaks out
October: Ferdinand Magellan and his crew resume
their voyage on the remaining ships
21 November: Enters the straits which would be named
the Magellan Straits becoming the first Europeans
ever to sail across the Pacific Ocean
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1521 |
3 February: Ferdinand Magellan
reaches the Equator
1521 March 6: Magellan reached the Pacific island of
Guam
16 March: Discovers the Philippines
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 ships - the Conception.
The Trinidad tried to return back to Spain the same
way they had came but was forced to return to the
Spice Islands where they were imprisoned by the
Portuguese. The Victoria was the last remaining ship
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1522 |
September 6: The Victoria
reached Sanlucar de Barrameda in Spain with only 18
survivors
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