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Magellan
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Magellan
1519 voyage set sail
- to prove that they were in the Spanish half of the world
- born in 1480, experienced Portuguese sailor
- wanted to sail down the coast of america cross the oceans and claim islands for spain
- miscalculated the size of the ocean he planned to cross
- King Charles of Spain sponsored the voyage
- miscalculated the size of the ocean he planned to cross
- wanted to sail down the coast of america cross the oceans and claim islands for spain
FIVE SHIPS
- Trinidad the Concepcion San Antonio the Santiago Victoria
- crew of 270 men
- Sailed down coast of south america spent winter months in port st julian
- Spanish men didn't like being commanded by a Portuguese they revolted Magellan crushed the attempted mutiny
- soon after one of his ships Santiago was wrecked during a storm the crew made it safely back to port st julian
- Spanish men didn't like being commanded by a Portuguese they revolted Magellan crushed the attempted mutiny
- Sailed down coast of south america spent winter months in port st julian
found a passage of straits
- San Antonio deserted and returned to spain
- Reached pacific ocean ran out of food over 100 men died of scurvy
- Reached a group of islands got involved in tribal war
- On April 26th 1521 Magellan was killed in battle
- Remaining crew sailed on to the spice islands
- On September 1522 the Trinidad captained by Sebastian del cano with 18 survivors on board reached spain. they were all that remained of 270 men
- they were the first to sail around the world
- On September 1522 the Trinidad captained by Sebastian del cano with 18 survivors on board reached spain. they were all that remained of 270 men
- Remaining crew sailed on to the spice islands
- On April 26th 1521 Magellan was killed in battle
- Reached a group of islands got involved in tribal war
- Reached pacific ocean ran out of food over 100 men died of scurvy
- San Antonio deserted and returned to spain