Birth Year: 1480
Birth Location: Porto/Sabrosa, Portugal
Birth Name: Fernão de Magalhães
Date of Death: April 27th, 1521
Location of his death: Mactan, the Philippines
Life: Ferdinand was raised by his parents until their deaths when he was 10, and after that he became a page for the Queen and in his spare time studied cartography, astronomy, celestial navigation. In 1519 at the age of 39, Magellan set out to circumnavigate the globe, with the support of King Charles V of Spain.
Death: While fighting in a local war in the Philippines, he was killed in battle. Magellan's biggest accomplishment was proving the earth was round by circumnavigating the globe.
Birth Location: Porto/Sabrosa, Portugal
Birth Name: Fernão de Magalhães
Date of Death: April 27th, 1521
Location of his death: Mactan, the Philippines
Life: Ferdinand was raised by his parents until their deaths when he was 10, and after that he became a page for the Queen and in his spare time studied cartography, astronomy, celestial navigation. In 1519 at the age of 39, Magellan set out to circumnavigate the globe, with the support of King Charles V of Spain.
Death: While fighting in a local war in the Philippines, he was killed in battle. Magellan's biggest accomplishment was proving the earth was round by circumnavigating the globe.