Ferdinand Magellan Summary

The First Maritime Circumnavigation of the Globe Overview Fewer than three decades after Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) made his voyage to the New World, Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) set sail i... Read more

Around the World Beneath the Sea: the Uss Triton Retraces Magellan's Historic Circumnavigation of the Globe Overview The first known submarine was designed, but never built, by William Borne in... Read more

Ferdinand Magellan Born c.1480, Sabrosa or Pôrto, Portugal Died April 27, 1521, Mactan, Philippines A member of the Portuguese nobility, Ferdinand Magellan was born the son of Rui de Magalhaes... Read more

While in the service of Spain, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) led the first European voyage of discovery to circumnavigate the globe.Ferdinand Magellan was born in Oporto of no... Read more

Everyone wishes to leave their mark on the world in some way or another. Some are able to do it, and some are not. For those who do manage to leave their mark, some of their methods of attaining fa... Read more

Ferdinand Magellan was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe and across the Pacific Ocean. He was born around 1480 in a noble family and always dreamed of exploring the world. He got his chan... Read more