Ferdinand Magellan
By Devin P
Early Life
Places Explored and Reasons Why
Skills and Educated
Ferdinand Magellan was well educated and accomplished and discovered many things. One skill he had was that he went to the royal courts to study map making, astronomy, and navigation. He was an expert navigator and in 1505 he went on his first sea journey. During the next seven years he worked for trading expeditions. Some of his accomplishments were that he was one of not many people to reach Asia. He was the first person to circumnavigate the world, or travel around the whole world. Some of his discoveries were that he found a new sea route to Asia. He also found a narrow passage way with is now called The Straight of Magellan. Lastly he discovered that Christopher Columbus did not reach Asia, but found a new land.
How Ferdinand Magellan Died
Resources
Magellan and the Explorers of South America, Scholastic
Famous Explorers Ferdinand Magellan, Claude Hurwicz
My World Social Studies, Pearson