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Magellan's Early Life and Great Voyage

Ferdinand Magellan, born in 1480 into a Portuguese noble family, became a sailor and explored various regions, including Africa and India. In 1519, he set sail from Spain to find a new route to the Spice Islands, leading to the first circumnavigation of the Earth despite facing mutinies and hardships. Magellan is remembered for discovering the Straits of Magellan and naming the Pacific Ocean, although he was killed in the Philippines in 1521.

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Magellan's Early Life and Great Voyage

Ferdinand Magellan, born in 1480 into a Portuguese noble family, became a sailor and explored various regions, including Africa and India. In 1519, he set sail from Spain to find a new route to the Spice Islands, leading to the first circumnavigation of the Earth despite facing mutinies and hardships. Magellan is remembered for discovering the Straits of Magellan and naming the Pacific Ocean, although he was killed in the Philippines in 1521.

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Early Life

Ferdinand Magellan was born in


1480.

He was born into a Portuguese


noble family.

When he was 12, he started work as


a page (a young servant in a royal
court)
for the Queen of Portugal.

At school, he studied map-making,


astronomy and navigation. He also
loved sailing.
Early Career
In 1505, Magellan became a
sailor.

Over the next ten years, he


visited many places.

He sailed to Africa, India and


Malacca (modern-day Malaysia)
twice.

In 1513, he was wounded in a


battle in Africa. After that, he
always walked with a limp.
Early Career
At the time, people wanted spices from places like India and the
Spice Islands (modern-day Indonesia).
Countries like Spain and Portugal could make a lot of money
buying and selling these spices.

Spices
Many people wanted to buy
spices in Europe. They were
used in cooking. At that
time, spices were more
valuable than gold.
Earth flat or round ?
Great Voyage
The Beginning
→ find a new way

The strait of Magellan.

→ Magellan explained his plan to the


King of Portugal but he was not
impressed. Instead, he went to visit
the King of Spain.

This King liked the idea and agreed to


pay for the voyage.
Great Voyage Map
Great Voyage
Atlantic Ocean
In 1519, Magellan set sail from
Spain.

During the journey across the


Atlantic Ocean, there was a mutiny
on three of his ships. Magellan
managed to stop the mutiny before
it was too late.

Soon after, one of the ships was


destroyed in a sudden storm.
He took five ships and 270 crew
Great Voyage
Straits of Magellan
In 1520, Magellan reached the tip of South America. Suddenly,
one of the ships deserted and sailed back to Spain; there were
only three ships left.

Later that year, Magellan and his crew sailed safely into a vast
sea. He called this sea the Pacific Ocean.

This place – where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Pacific Ocean –
would one day be known as the Straits of Magellan.

Animals
Magellan and his crew were the first
Europeans to see llamas, alpacas and
penguins.
Great Voyage
Pacific Ocean
The journey took a long time and
many sailors died of either
starvation or scurvy (lack of V-
C).

They stayed for a short time in


Guam before sailing to the
Philippines. While he was there,
Magellan became involved in a
local war.

On 27th April 1521, Magellan was


shot after he was involved in a
fight with two chieftains in the
Philippines.
Great Voyage
The Journey Home
A former mutineer called Juan Sebastian Elcano became the
new leader. He set sail for Spain.
On the way home, they stopped to trade goods but also lost two
more ships – only one ship remained.

The journey home was very difficult.


Some crew died and the rest only
had rice to eat. In 1522, Elcano and
the survivors arrived home in Spain.
Out of 270 crew, only 18 made it
home.
How Is Ferdinand
Magellan Remembered
today?
One of Magellan’s ships
completed the first
circumnavigation of Earth.

He found the sea passage from


the Pacific Ocean to the
Atlantic Ocean. Today, this is
known as the Straits of
Magellan.

He gave the Pacific Ocean its


name.

In Chile, you can visit a replica


of his ship.

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