When was magellan married

There, they were able to replenish their foot supplies before sailing to the Philippines. Upon landing at Cebu, Magellan was overcome with religious zeal and decided to convert the natives to Christianity. Some of the natives agreed to convert, while others did not — and the split caused problems in the population. The Cebuan king became Christian, and sought to fight against a neighboring group, the Mactan, who did not convert. The Cebuans asked Magellan to join them in their fight, and he agreed.

Against the advice of his men, Magellan led the attack, assuming his European weapons would ensure a quick victory. The Mactan people, however, fought fiercely and struck Magellan with a poison arrow. Magellan died from the wound on April 27, A former mutineer, del Cano led the ships to the Spice Islands. After securing the spices they had so long ago set out for, the ships set sail for Spain. The Trinidad was attacked by a Portuguese ship and left shipwrecked.

In September — three years and a month since the journey began — the Victoria docked back in Seville. Only one ship of the original five — and only 18 men of the original — survived the voyage. Among them was Antonio Pigafetta, a scholar who had kept a detailed diary of the expedition. Though Magellan did not make it around the world, he did lead the first expedition to do so. And though the Strait of Magellan was too dangerous to be used as a regular route, its mapping proved invaluable to the European understanding of the world — as did the European discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the empirical proof that the world was round.

British Broadcasting Corporation Home. Ferdinand Magellan was born in into a noble Portuguese family. His parents died when he was still a boy and he became a court page in Lisbon. In , he enlisted in the fleet of the Portuguese viceroy to the Indies, and spent the following years involved in a series of Portuguese expeditions in India and Africa. In , he was with the fleet that conquered Malacca on the Malay Peninsula , thus gaining control of the most important trade routes in the region.

He also explored the islands of present-day Indonesia as far east as the Moluccas also known as the Spice Islands. In , Magellan returned to Lisbon, and the following year, he was wounded during an expedition to Morocco, which left him with a permanent limp. After a disagreement with the Portuguese king, in Magellan went to Spain to try and enlist the Spanish king's support for an expedition to reach the Moluccas by sailing westwards.

Despite the setback, the crew continued on with the four remaining vessels. By October , Magellan and his men had entered what is now called the Strait of Magellan. It took them over a month to pass through the strait, during which time the master of one of the ships deserted and sailed back home.

The remaining ships sailed across the Pacific Ocean. In March , the fleet anchored in Guam. Magellan traded with Rajah Humabon, the island king, and a bond was quickly formed. The Spanish crew soon became involved in a war between Humabon and another rival leader and Magellan was killed in battle on April 27, The remaining crew escaped the Philippines and continued on towards the Spice Islands, arriving in November The Spanish commander of the last ship, the Victoria, set sail December and reached Spain on September 8, There has been considerable debate around who were the first persons to circumnavigate the globe.

In , Magellan was on a voyage for Portugal to the Spice Islands and participated in the conquest of Malacca where he acquired his servant Enrique. Fast forward ten years later, Enrique is with Magellan in the Philippines. At this point the record gets murky. Some accounts state Enrique fled into the forest. So, it is possible that if Enrique had survived after his escape, he might have made his way back to Malacca where he was originally enslaved by Magellan back in If true, it would mean Enrique — not Elcano and the surviving members of the crew — was the first person to circumnavigate the globe, albeit not in a single voyage.

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