tell me anything you know.
i am doing a project on him and i already have some info
but does any one know any thing about him that you can tell me
2007-05-09 12:37:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I could, but Wikipedia does it better : "Ferdinand Magellan" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan
2007-05-09 12:54:14 · answer #1 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magellan was born Fernão de Magalhães to a noble Portuguese family; later the Spanish knew him as Fernando de Magallanes. He served as a court page in his youth, and in 1505 he sailed with a fleet carrying the first Portuguese viceroy to India. He then served with the fleet in the exploration and conquest of the East Indies. Twice wounded in battle, he took part in expeditions that captured the kingdom of Malacca (Melaka) in the Malay Peninsula of southeast Asia. He explored the islands of present-day Indonesia as far east as the Moluccas, or Spice Islands. By 1510 he was promoted to the rank of captain.
In 1512 Magellan returned to Portugal, and in 1513 he battled the Moors in Morocco. He was wounded again and left with a permanent limp. Soon afterward he lost favor with King Manuel of Portugal, probably because of charges of financial irregularities while he was in Morocco. The king canceled a promotion Magellan had received for his valor against the Moors and later denied his request for a fleet to prove that the Moluccas could be reached by sailing west.
2007-05-09 13:14:30 · answer #2 · answered by xxrhodesxx 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ferdinand Magellan was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe, meaning he was the first to sail all the way around. However, he himself never made it, he was killed in the Philippines, I believe. His crew, although leaderless, and significantly reduced in size, managed to make it home, making them the first to circumnavigate the world.
2007-05-09 12:43:05 · answer #3 · answered by cmxwagner 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He didn't make it back to Europe, he died in what is now the Philippines. That's all I remember really. Only something like 12 or 16 of his original crew survived to return. Sorry, its been a long time...
2007-05-09 12:42:11 · answer #4 · answered by TubThumpin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the filipinos in luzan ate him. *burp*
2007-05-09 16:57:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋