Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521; Portuguese: Fernão de Magalhães; Spaingie: Fernando de Magallanes) wis a Portuguese explorer. He wis born in Sabrosa, in northren Portugal, but later obtained Spaingie naitionality in order tae serve Keeng Charles I o Spain in sairch o a wastward route tae the "Spice Islands" (modren Maluku Islands in Indonesie).

Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan, in a 16/17t century anonymous portrait
Born	Fernão de Magalhães c. 1480 Sabrosa, Portugal
Dee'd	27 Apryle 1521(1521-04-27) (aged 41) Kinrick o Mactan (nou Lapu-Lapu Ceety, Philippines)
Naitionality	Portuguese
Kent for	The first circumnavigation o the Yird
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Magellan's expedeetion o 1519–1522 became the first expedeetion tae sail frae the Atlantic Ocean intae the Pacific Ocean (then named "peaceful sea" bi Magellan; the passage bein made via the Strait o Magellan), an the first tae cross the Pacific. It an aa completit the first circumnavigation o the Yird, awtho Magellan hissel did no complete the entire voyage, bein killed durin the Battle o Mactan in the Philippines. (Magellan haed, housomeivver, travelled eastwards tae the Malay Peninsula on an earlier voyage, sae he became ane o the first explorers tae cross aw o the meridians o the globe.) O the 237 men who set oot on five ships, ae 18 completit the circumnavigation an managed tae return tae Spain in 1522, led bi the Basque navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano, who teuk ower command o the expedeetion efter Magellan's daith. Seiventeen ither men arrived later in Spain: twal men captured bi the Portuguese in Cape Verde some weeks earlier an atween 1525 an 1527, an five survivors o the Trinidad.

Magellan an aa gies his name tae the Magellanic Penguin, which he wis the first European tae note, an the Magellanic clouds, nou kent tae be nearby dwarf galaxies.

References

Soorces

• Hogan, C. Michael (2008). N. Stromberg (ed.). Magellanic Penguin. GlobalTwitcher.com. Archived frae the original on 23 August 2011.
• The First Voyage Round the World, by Magellan, full text, Inglis translation bi Laird Stanley o Alderley, Lunnon: Hakluyt, [1874] – sax contemporary accoonts o his voyage
• Swenson, Tait M. (2005). "First Circumnavigation of the Globe by Magellan 1519–1522". The Web Chronology project. Retrieved 14 Mairch 2006.

Fremmit airtins

• Leets o crew members:
  • 107 fowk
  • The 18 arrivin on Victoria