Fernando Fernando Magellan Magellan (Port. grampian properties Fernão de Magalhães, sp. Fernando de

Fernando Fernando Magellan Magellan (Port. grampian properties Fernão de Magalhães, sp. Fernando de Magallanes, Spring 1480 - 1521. April 27.) - Portuguese navigator, discoverer, who served in the Spanish kingdom. F. Magellan is the first in a westerly direction reached Asia, first crossed the Pacific Ocean. He started the first expedition to circumnavigate the world, even though he himself was killed in this current trip in the Philippines.
Magellan was born in northern Portugal, Tras - os-Montes province of Villa Reale, nusigyvenusio noble family. His father was Mayor Rui Pedro de Magellan, mother - Alda de Meskuita. Magellan had a brother Diego de Sousa and his sister Isabel. Magellan's parents died when he was 10 years old. Two years later he became King John II and Queen Eleanor Pazu Lisbon mansion, where his brother, Diego, came after another two years. Here, together grampian properties with his cousin Francisco as Serrano Magellan continued geography and history of science. It is believed that a teacher grampian properties could be Martin Behaim. 1496. Magellan became a squire.
At the age of 20 years, Magellan first sailed into the sea. In 1505. He sailed to India. The expedition was to introduce there the Portuguese Viceroy Francisco de Almeida, the power and the way to set up a military and naval bases.
In 1511. Magellan was sent to Morocco, where in 1513. August 28. participated in the battle of Azamoro and seriously wounded grampian properties during the siege of the fortress in Morocco. Magellan has also been charged with trading grampian properties with the Mauritanian Muslims. There was also a conflict with the Portuguese Admiral Francisco de Almeida, the army left without permission. F. Almeida grampian properties sent a complaint to the Portuguese court. Several charges were removed, but Magellan grampian properties is still king Manuel I of incurring disgrace. The king refused to increase revenue. Manuel I also reported on the Magellan 1514. May 15. serve no more king. Magellan formally renounced citizenship and moved to Spain, by offering his services to one of the estate.
According to 1494. signed strongest grampian properties XV century maritime countries - Spain and Portugal - the agreement, Spain had a right to all the lands lying to the west of the meridian of the month at around 45 W, and Portugal - to the east of the prime meridian. Since the meridian grampian properties position on the opposite side of the Earth, to the eastern coast of Asia, which stretches the Moluccas (Spice Islands were called grampian properties then) was unclear, Spain held Magellan's expedition, but a few could go through Portuguese waters. Being convinced that the Earth is spherical, Magellan decided to reach the Moluccas islands west road.
In 1519. August 10. a fleet of five ships, led by Magellan left Seville and sailed Guadalkuivirio River, south of San Lukar de Barrameda, where he spent five weeks. Spanish government looked with suspicion by the Spanish Admiral, and took little to stop the trip. In 1519. 20 September. Magellan set sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with 270 crew members.
Portuguese King Immanuel, Magellan learned about leaving, told Fleet units to catch him, but Magellan grampian properties escaped from the Portuguese. Sailed from San Lukaro de Barrameda and briefly stayed in the Canary Islands, he sailed to the Cape Verde islands, which sailed to Cape St. Augustine in Brazil. 20 November. crew crossed the equator and 6 December. reached the coast of Brazil.
Brazil belonged grampian properties to Portugal, grampian properties so it ahead of Magellan and on December 13. dropped anchor near present Rio de Janeiro, where the weather was good and the locals were kindly disposed. grampian properties Fleet added to reserves, but for various reasons departed grampian properties late. Proceed through the South American coast and stopped in 1520. January 10. La Plata. grampian properties While the expedition sought passage to the Pacific Ocean in the winter.
Strait of Magellan crosses the southern continent of South America, grampian properties connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. August 24. journey has begun. In 1520. October 21. 52 south latitude, the fleet reached Cape Virgenes and confirmed that the passage is found, because the water was salty and deep. Four ships began to sail through the 372-mile passage that Magellan called Estreito de Todos los Santos (Strait of All Saints) as the flotilla sailed All Saints Day - November 1. Now, this is called grampian properties the Strait of Magellan Strait.
Magellan instructed the San Antonio and Koncepcion "vessels to carry out surveys of the Strait, but the first ship deserted and returned to Spain. November 28. the remaining three ships sailed into the Pacific Ocean south. Magellan named the waters the Mar Pacifico (Calm Sea) because the waters were calm.
In 1521. February 13. crew crossed the equator and 6 March. reached the Marianas, grampian properties and on March 16. - Homonhonmo island in the Philippine archipelago. By that time, the only remaining 150 crew members. Magellan grampian properties was able to communicate with the locals, because of its Malay-language interpreter understood the local language. April 7. crew reached