Ferdinand Magellan

                                    ~Ferdinand Magellan~

Ferdinand Magellan was born in Sabrosa (Portugal), approximately in 1480. He was the son of Rodrigo de Magalhães and Alada de Mesquita, who were members of the Portuguese nobility. When Ferdinand WAS ten years old, he became a page* of the queen. He studied at Queen Leonora's School of Pages in Lisbon (capital of Portugal) and spent a lot of time learning about cartography, astronomy and celetial navigation*- subjects that would be very useful in the future.

A very important event of Ferdinand Magelland was his birth in 1480 in Sabrosa (Portugal). In 1517 he told the king, Carlos I, ABOUT his plan: reach the spice islands from the east so, on 10th August 1519 HE startED the voyage of circumnavigation* (the first in the world). ANOTher important event is his dead on 27th April 1521, in Lapu-Lapu city, Philippines. The most important event was that the voyage of circumnavigation was completed in September 1522 when they had returnED to Spain.

The event that makes this person important is that he organised the first voyage of circumnavication that was completed.

*Page: young male servant and sometimes messenger.

*Celestial navigation: observation of the celestial bodies.

*Voyage of circumnavigation: travel around the world

                                                                                              by Ming-Tao  Ye   2ºB