Ferdinand+Magellan

By  Julia

 Magellan’s first expedition was in 1519-1522. He wanted to find a western route to Asia. The expedition was sponsored by Spain even though he was a Portuguese citizen. It took only two months for him to convince the Spanish King Charles to let him keep 5% of the profit he made from the trip. In 1418 King Charles finally agreed to sponsor it.

Magellan took a year to prepare for his voyage. He took a lot of interest in how his ships were taken care of. He wrote a record of what exactly what he brought on the ships. He brought weapons, navigational instruments, food, and goods for trades. His crew had 230 men, they were from all nationalities, including French, Portuguese, Italian, African, and Malaysian. The ships were called, San Antonio, Trinidad, Concepcion, Santiago, and the Victoria.

 During the expedition he stopped at Homonhon, Cebu, Limasawa, Tidore, Ambon Islands, Timor, Ladrones Islands, Palawan, Sanl`ucar de Barrameda, Canary Island, Cape verde Islands, Santa Lucia Bay, R`io de Solis,and Puerto San Juli`an. During the stops he would get food and clean water and ask where he was exactly. He had stopped many places before he got to the place he had died.

 During one of his stop in the Philipines they had a war and many died. The ships kept going, and the ship with the smallest crew was the one to make it around the world. Ferdinand Magellan, died in the Philipines on April 27, 1521 caused by the war. He didn’t make it around the world but his ships did.     

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