Events
1480
Ferdinand Magellan
is born in
Sabrosa, Portugal1492
At the age of 12,
Magellan is exposed
to stories of
sea travel1505
Is assigned to a fleet
going to India1513
Is wounded in a
skirmish in Morocco.
Gets a limp.Sep 1519
Magellan sets out on his
circumnavigation with
five ships.Oct 1519
Reaches
South AmericaEaster Day 1520
Stops at Port San Julian.
Crew mutinies. While exploring,
one ship gets wreckedOct 21 1520
Enters the Strait of Magellan
One ship turns back.Nov 1520
Become the first known
Europeans Mariners
to see the Pacific OceanApr 1521
Arrives in
the Philippines.Apr 27 1521
Is killed in a battle against the Macanese.
His crew makes it back to Portugal.
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