History Project
Name: Tim Beukers & Max
Class: TH2A
Name teacher: Bregje Van De Ven
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese Explorer. He was born in 1480 in Sabrosa a village in the north of Portugal when he was young he live in Lissabon and he died on 27 april 1521. He organised the Spanish expeditions to the East Indies and he was the first person to circumnavigate the earth.
Ferdinand Magellan first sailed for the Portuegese fleet there he explored and conquerd parts of the East Indies however he became friends with the king of spain called King Charles I so he became a member of the Spanish fleet. Within the Spanish fleet he made explorations to the Spice island which are now called Indonesia
Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines Because he converted one of the chiefs there to christianity and to show his power he fought a neigboring tribe with cannons and muskets but he made a tactical mistake and there he was killed by the tribe that were for throwing spears at him.
His names lives on by different companys using his name hotels or restaurants and on the southern tip of south america you have the Strait of Magellan which is a little sea/river which separates the South american mainland and Tierra Del Fuego
In 1520 September 20 a float of five ships that were called The Armade De Molucca. With 250 men on board they sailed out the Spanish port of Sancar De Barrameda. They wanted to find a new route to go around the Americas so they could come to the East Indies. It was a very long trip and the crew had a lot of diseases and there was also a food problem on board so it was a very difficult trip.
Also in 1509 He went on a exploration to Malakka which is a city in Maleisia but there he got attacked by the Mallacans which were armed with weapons but he escaped and survived.
We used the sources/books:
Title of section used: The death of Magellan 1521
Date last acces: 28-01 2015
Title of section: voyages
Date last access: 29-01-2015
Books
Titel: Who Was Ferdinand Magellan
Author: S.A Kramer
Publisher: Penguin Group
Location: New York
Copyright Date: August 3rd 2004
pages: 50-80
Titel: Ferdinand Magellan: Circumnavigation The World
Author: Katharine Bailey
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Location: Toronto
Copyright Date: 2006
Pages used: 115-160
We fought this project was very fun to make because we could found lots of information about Ferdinand Magellan and it was very interesting to make and read about his life This was our project.
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