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Ferdinand Magellan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese: , ; Spanish: ; Spring 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a maritime navigator and explorer. Ferdinand Magellan was born circa 1480 at Sabrosa, near Vila Real, in the...
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Hi, my name is Ferdinand Magellan. I was born in 1480 in northern Portugal. My parents died when I was only 10 years old. At the age of 12, I was appointed as the queen’s messenger in the royal court. Young boys were appointed as messenger as a source of education.
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Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese sea captain who led five Spanish ships and 251 men in the first around-the-world sailing expedition. This voyage was filled with challenges, disasters, and tragedy, but it was one of the most important events in the history of exploration.
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Ferdinand Magellan was born in Portugal in 1480. As a boy, he worked in the Queen's household. This allowed him to hear about all the discoveries that were being made. It is possible that he was there when Columbus visited the Portuguese court in 1493. In 1505, Magellan finally got to go to sea on a military expedition.
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Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521): Portuguese Explorer ... ; Ferdinand Magellan: World Explorer; Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition that sailed around the Earth (1519-1522). Magellan also named the Pacific Ocean (the name means that it is a calm, peaceful ocean).
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Ferdinand Magellan did it on his famous voyage in search of a westward route to the Moluccas (now Melaka). This is one of the greatest Portuguese explorers to ever sail the ocean. Ferdinand Magellan was born in about 1480 in Sabrosa of a noble family, and he spent his years as a court page.
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Guillemard, Life of Ferdinand Magellan (London, 1890); Butterworth, The Story of Magellan and the Discovery of the Philippines (New Your, 1988); Kolliker, Die erste Umsegelung der Erde durch Fernando de Magellanes und Juan Sebastian del Cano, 1519-1522 Munich, 1908)
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