He fearlessly commanded a fleet of ships, one that completed the journey in his name and honor. Kostiantyn Berezovsky Professional. What was the most significant result of Ferdinand Magellan's explorations? His voyages showed that the circumference of the earth was longer than what Columbus had estimated.
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In command of five ships and men, Magellan sailed to West Africa and then to Brazil, where he searched the South American coast for a strait that would take him to the Pacific.
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His expedition which went on to circumnavigate the globe added immensely to European knowledge about the world. Know more about one of the most skilled European navigators of the Age of Exploration by studying his 10 major accomplishments. In , at the age of around 25 , Ferdinand Magellan enlisted in a fleet of 22 ships sent to India. He spent considerable part of his early career in India and though little is known of his years in the east, he gained invaluable knowledge regarding navigation during this period.
Magellan also participated in several battles fought by his native country in the east. These included the Battle of Cannanore in and the Battle of Diu in , against Indian kings; and the Portuguese conquest of Malacca in Malaysia. However, due to reports of irregular conduct on his part and accusations of trading illegally with the moors, Magellan fell out of favor with King Manuel I of Portugal.
When his request for an expedition was rejected repeatedly, he left his native country for Spain in The Treaty of Tordesillas between Portugal and Spain divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between the two countries. It set a line of demarcation. The lands to the east of it would belong to Portugal while the lands to the west would belong to Spain. The treaty reserved for Portugal the eastern routes to Asia ; and Spain desperately needed a new commercial route to the continent.
It then sailed south, hugging the coast of South America. In late April , the ship Santiago was caught in a storm and wretched. As a boy, Ferdinand Magellan studied mapmaking and navigation. By his mids, he was sailing in large fleets and was engaged in combat. Magellan was born in Portugal, either in the city of Porto or in Sabrosa, circa His parents were members of the Portuguese nobility and after their deaths, Magellan became a page for the queen, at age He studied at Queen Leonora's School of Pages in Lisbon and spent his days poring over texts on cartography, astronomy, and celestial navigation — subjects that would serve him well in his later pursuits.
In , when Magellan was in his mids, he joined a Portuguese fleet that was sailing to East Africa. Two years later, he explored Malacca, located in present-day Malaysia, and participated in the conquest of Malacca's port. It was there that he acquired a native servant he named Enrique. It is possible that Magellan sailed as far as the Moluccas, islands in Indonesia, then called the Spice Islands. The Moluccas were the original source of some of the world's most valuable spices, including cloves and nutmeg.
The conquest of spice-rich countries was, as a result, a source of much European competition. While serving in Morocco, in , Magellan was wounded and walked the remainder of his life with a limp.
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