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Mar 31, 2021 · The story of Ferdinand Magellan’s “discovery” of the Philippines while in search of another route to nearby Moluccas and his subsequent death at the hands of Lapu-Lapu is treated as a landmark event of Philippine history: the true “beginning” of our Filipino consciousness, so to speak.
Jun 4, 2024 · Ferdinand Magellan (born 1480, Sabrosa or Porto?, Portugal—died April 27, 1521, Mactan, Philippines) was a Portuguese navigator and explorer who sailed under the flags of both Portugal (1505–13) and Spain (1519–21).
On April 27, 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by a poison arrow during a skirmish on the island of Mactan in what is now the Philippines. Magellan and his crew were assisting a local king they had allied with when they landed on the island of Cebu weeks earlier.
Magellan died in the Philippines during his voyage, and his crew completed the return trip to Spain in 1522. Born c. 1480 into a family of minor Portuguese nobility, Magellan became a skilled sailor and naval officer in service of the Portuguese Crown in Asia.
Jun 16, 2021 · Ferdinand Magellan is most famous for leading the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe in 1519-22 (even if he himself died in the Philippines mid-way). His route around the tip of South America was named after him, the Magellan Straits.
A Portuguese sailor working for Spain, Ferdinand Magellan, believed that a western route, going around South America, existed that would lead to the Spice Islands. On their expedition, Magellan’s crew discovered the Philippine Islands, among other territories.
Oct 29, 2009 · In search of fame and fortune, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) set out from Spain in 1519 with a fleet of five ships to discover a western sea route to the Spice Islands. En...
