A Brief Timeline of the First Voyage around the World

Ferdinand Magellan is a famous as the great explorer who led 5 Spanish ships and
251 men in the first voyage around the World.
Short Biography of Ferdinand Magellan
 Date of Birth: Born in 1480
 Place of Birth : Saborosa in Villa Real, Province of Traz os Montes in
Portugal
 Parents: Mayor Pedro Ruy de Magalhaes (Father) and Alda de Mezquita
(Mother)
 Background Facts, Information & Ancestry : Came from a wealthy family
who had strong connections with the Portuguese court.
1480  Born at Saborosa in Villa Real, Province of Traz os Montes in
Portugal.
 Well tutored at home and then spent his early years at the
Portuguese court.

1505  Ferdinand Magellan joined the expedition of Francisco d'Almeida to

India.

1512  Took part in the Portuguese expedition to Morocco and was badly
wounded.
 Has a serious disagreement with a commanding officer and leaves
the service without prior permission.

1513  Requests permission from King Manuel of Portugal to sail to the

Spice Islands in the Far East but is refused following the
unfavourable reports from Morocco.
 Resumes his studies in Portugal for a couple more years but fails to
gain favor with the Portuguese court and therefore renounces his
Portuguese nationality.

1518  Magellan leaves Portugal and heads for Spain.

1519  March 22: Magellan convinces King Charles I of Spain to support

his voyage to the Spice Islands and the King promises Magellan
one-fifth of the profits from the voyage to the Spice Islands
 Spain provides five ships for the expedition:
 Magellan commands the Trinidad
 Juan de Cartagena commands the San Antonio
 Gaspar de Quesada commands the Conception
 Luis de Mendoza commands the Victoria
 Juan Serrano commands the Santiago
 Leads the five Spanish ships with 251 men in what was to become
the first voyage around the World
 20 September: The fleet sail across the Atlantic Ocean to South
America and Rio de Janeiro and then start to search for a passage to
the Pacific Ocean
 1520  March: The fleet anchor for the winter at Puerto San Julian in
Southern Argentina
 September: A storm destroys the Santiago and a mutiny breaks out
 October: Ferdinand Magellan and his crew resume their voyage on
the remaining ships
 21 November: Enters the straits which would be named the
Magellan Straits becoming the first Europeans ever to sail across the
Pacific Ocean

1521  3 February: Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Equator

 1521 March 6: Magellan reached the Pacific island of Guam
 16 March: Discovers the Philippines
 April 27: Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives on the island of
Mactan
 Only 110 of the original crew members remained so they abandoned
one of the ships - the Conception. The Trinidad tried to return back
to Spain the same way they had came but was forced to return to the
Spice Islands where they were imprisoned by the Portuguese. The
Victoria was the last remaining ship.

1522  September 6: The Victoria reached Sanlucar de Barrameda in Spain

with only 18 survivor

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