Ferdinand+Magellan

= FERDINAND MAGELLAN = =__ Personal Backround __= ===Fernindand Magellan was born in the year of 1480 and he died at the age of 41 in the year on 1521. He died in a battle on April 27th. He was from the Oporto, Portugal. At the age of 9/10 his paernts died. He attended Queen Leonora 's School of pages in Lisbon, which is the portuguese capital. He was encouraged to learn new subjects that will hepl him greatly later in his life. He did not have any siblings at all.At the age of 12 he was appointed to be the queens messenger in the royal court. As he got older he married a lady named Beatriz Barbosa.=== =__ ﻿What His Result Of Sailing __= === ﻿ ﻿ His goal was to sail to the Spice Islandsand to open a sea route from Europe to India. He traveled pretty good but he ran out of food. His result of sailing was great and he also named the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Ocean means clam,and peaceful ocean. He lead the expeditionds too. Spain Gave him five ships so he can sail across the world.===

=﻿ ﻿__His Journey to Spice Islands__ = ===On March 22nd 1518 Charles I was persuaded by Magellan and granted him a large amount of money to find a route to the Spice Islands by sailing West, there by giving Spain control of the land/area. Magellan set sail to the Spice Islands in September 1519 with five ships (The Conception, The San Antonio, The Santiago. The Trinadad, and the Victoria) with 270 men.===

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