Ferdinand
Magellan
FIRST TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE EARTH
Early Life
Early Life - A Life of Chaos
Background
- Parents of Portuguese nobility
- Left him with good early memories
- Died in 1490 when Magellan was 10
- Became a page for the Queen
- Studied at Leonora's School of Pages
- Studied cartography, astronomy, celestial navigation
- Impacted later adventure
Early Life - A Life of Chaos
Early Expeditions
- Joined Portuguese fleet to East Africa at twenty years old
- Stuck in the Battle of Diu
- Travelled to Malacca after war ended
- Issues arose on an expedition to Morocco
- Wounded for life
- Accused of illegally trading with Moors
- Was never forgiven and forbidden from trade and jobs
Early Life - A Life of Chaos
Serving in Spain
- After being denied by the Portuguese king, Magellan renounced his nationality and offered his services to Spain
- Studied a lot about navigation
- Fixed misunderstandings about world
- Found many friends and partners who soon sailed with him on his expedition
- Service in Spain made him able to change the world forever
Ferdinand
Magellan
FIRST TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE EARTH
Motivations
Motivations - Desire for Exploration
Background
- Born into a nobly related family
- Was able to study about navigation
- After parents died, served as page for the Queen
- Enabled him to study and learn more on navigation
- Gave him opportunities to go on expeditions
Motivations - Desire for Exploration
Rejection from Portugal
- Accused of illegal trading and lost trust from rulers
- In 1517, renounced Portuguese nationality
- Offered services to Spain
- Gained many more navigation skills in Spain
- Found other explorers who shared a same goal as him
- Quickly gained trust and funding from Spanish king
- In 1518, persuaded Charles V to give large funds
Motivations - Desire for Exploration
Benefits to Spain
- Now serving under Spain, went on expeditions for Spanish benefits
- Goal was to discover a new westwards route to the Spice Islands
- Would grant Spain permission to claim Spice Islands due to the Treaty of Tordesillas
- Granted much wealth by king
- Many funds for expedition
- Ownership of part of the lands claimed
- A share of the income from those lands
Ferdinand
Magellan
FIRST TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE EARTH
Details of Navigation
Navigation - An Arduous Journey
Beginnings
- Set off with 5 ships in search of a westwards route
- Travelled along coast line of South America
- Many other captains plotted to kill him due to his Portuguese ethnic
- Executed one of the captains
- Left another captain ashore in St. Julian
- Discovered Strait of Magellan with only 3 ships left
Navigation - An Arduous Journey
Across the Pacific
- Very long and dangerous journey across Pacific
- Often ran into lack of food and resources
- Many crew members died
- Many crew members mutinied
- Barely arrived at island Cebu, 400 miles away from Spice Islands
- Befriended by local tribal king (Rajah Humabon)
- Persuaded to help fight against tribal enemy
- In 1521, killed in battle against enemy
Ferdinand
Magellan
FIRST TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE EARTH
Impact of Navigation
Impact - Basically Huge
Disgrace from Royals
- Neither Spain nor Portugal honored, respected, or acknowledged Ferdinand Magellan's contributions
- Portugal rejected him from further expeditions in his early life
- Lost favor with kings and viceroys
- Spain disrespected Ferdinand Magellan's accomplishments
- Lost 4 ships during journey
- Died during the expedition
- Received much criticism from crew
- Charles V never fulfilled promises to Magellan
Impact - Basically Huge
Great Accomplishments
- Successfully discovered new route to Spice Islands
- Returned with incredible amounts of spices and wealth
- Completed map of the world for the first time
- Helped cartographers know true size of the earth
- Helped to prove that the earth was indeed round
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Impact - Basically Huge
Great Accomplishments
And, last but definitely not the least...
- First to circumnavigate the earth!
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Ferdinand Magellan
By kyeshi98
Ferdinand Magellan
A biography of Ferdinand Magellan.
