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Ferdinand Magellan

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  1. Wikipedia: Ferdinand Magellan
  2. The Mariners' Museum: Ferdinand Magellan
  3. Fordham.edu:: Magellan's Voyage Round the World, 1519-1522 CE
  4. BBC.com.uk:: History - Ferdinand Magellan (1480 - 1521)
  5. Answers.com: Ferdinand Magellan - Biography
  6. thenagain.info: First Circumnavigation of the Globe - Magellan: 1519-1522
  7. NMM.ac.uk:: Ferdinand Magellan

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  • 1486: Born
  • 1505: First went to sea
  • 1513: Refused permission by King Manuel of Portugal to sail to the Spice Islands
  • 1514-1515: Studied Astronomy and Navigation
  • 1518: Left Portugal for Spain
  • 1518: Presented information of Spice Islands to Charles I of Spain
  • 1519: King Charles I supports a voyage to the Spice Islands
  • 1519: September, began voyage headed across the Atlantic with 241 men and 5 ships
  • 1520: Early March - reached Argentina, South America and wintered his expedition
  • 1520: October - resumed the voyage through the Strait of Magellan and went 98 days without seeing land
  • 1521: Landed on Guam and encountered conflicts - lost many men
  • 1521: Landed on the Philipines and stayed a few weeks
  • 1521: Killed in a battle on the isle of Mactan - he never reached the Spice Islands
  • 1521: 18 survivors of the voyage returned to Spain without Magellan

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