Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan

• Made by Mr. Roper

Ferdinand was born in Portugal in 1480.

• Ferdinand was born in Portugal in 1480.
• In_________________, Ferdinand Magellan along with 5 ships left from Spain.
• He had convinced the king of _______________ to pay for his expedition.
• The reason for Magellan’s expedition was to find a way to reach __________________ by sailing west around the Americas.
• He first sailed to _____________________.
• He tried to find a river that would take him across South America to the Pacific Ocean.

• 1519

• Spain

• Asia

• South America

Finally in 1520 he found a river which took him across to the Pacific Ocean.

• Finally in 1520 he found a river which took him across to the Pacific Ocean.
• Since Magellan was one of the first to find this, it is named the _______________________ Strait.
• For 3 months, the ships sailed across the ________________________ Ocean.
• They began running out of food while sailing.
• Many of the men died from __________________________.

• Magellan

• Pacific

• hunger

Strait of Magellan

• Magellan’s Route

In March 1521, the ships reached what are today called the ______________________ Islands.

• In March 1521, the ships reached what are today called the ______________________ Islands.
• On April 27, Magellan was _________________in a battle between his crew and the people on the islands.
• In _________________, only one of the five ships that had sailed returned to Spain.
• These men were the first to ever sail completely around the _______________

• 1522

• Philippine

• killed

• world