Magellan Killed in the Philippines - April 27, 1521
Today in the year 1521, Magellan was killed in the Philippines with a poisoned arrow. I will copy and paste the first paragraph of this incident from History.com
"After traveling three-quarters of the way around the globe, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan is killed during a tribal skirmish on Mactan Island in the Philippines. Earlier in the month, his ships had dropped anchor at the Philippine island of Cebu, and Magellan met with the local chief, who after converting to Christianity persuaded the Europeans to assist him in conquering a rival tribe on the neighboring island of Mactan. In the subsequent fighting, Magellan was hit by a poisoned arrow and left to die by his retreating comrades."
You can read more by going to this web site: History.com-Magellan Killed in the Philippines
Here are a couple of other blog pages on Ferdinand Magellan:
Ferdinand Magellan Reaches the Pacific
Magellan Circumnavigates the Earth
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True History - Veritas Card # 3 (Red Card) - Magellan Circumnavigates the Earth
Magellan Circumnavigates the earth - 1519 - 1522
The word 'circumnavigates' simply means to go around the world. Magellan, a Portuguese sea captain, was the first to travel by sea all the way around the world, although Magellan actually was killed in the Philippines before he would have made it back around to Spain.
Magellan had five ships for this voyage; The Conception, San Antonio, Santiago, Trinidad, and Victoria. This voyage was funded by the King of Spain, Charles I.
While they were on the trip, mutiny broke out, and the mutineer was executed, and also two of the followers were marooned. Once this was over, the fleet set out again.
The 'Strait of Magellan' was a passage to the Pacific, that was discovered by Magellan while he was on this voyage. Magellan himself never made it back to Spain, but one of the ships did. Eighteen of the people that started on this voyage returned on that ship. This was in 1522, almost three years after the expedition began.
The word 'circumnavigates' simply means to go around the world. Magellan, a Portuguese sea captain, was the first to travel by sea all the way around the world, although Magellan actually was killed in the Philippines before he would have made it back around to Spain.
Magellan had five ships for this voyage; The Conception, San Antonio, Santiago, Trinidad, and Victoria. This voyage was funded by the King of Spain, Charles I.
While they were on the trip, mutiny broke out, and the mutineer was executed, and also two of the followers were marooned. Once this was over, the fleet set out again.
The 'Strait of Magellan' was a passage to the Pacific, that was discovered by Magellan while he was on this voyage. Magellan himself never made it back to Spain, but one of the ships did. Eighteen of the people that started on this voyage returned on that ship. This was in 1522, almost three years after the expedition began.
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