First Voyage Around The World
First Voyage Around The World
First Voyage Around The World
1480 to 1521
1480
• Born at Saborosa in Villa Real,
Province of Traz os Montes in
Portugal.
• Well tutored at home.
• 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.
1512
• Has a serious disagreement
with a commanding officer
and leaves the service
without prior permission.
1513
• Request 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.
1513
• Resumes his studies in portugal
(For couple more years yet fails to
gain favor with the Portuguese
court and therefore renounce 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.
1519
• Spain provides 5 ships for the
expedition.
• Magellan commands the Trinidad.
• Juan de Cartagena commands the
San Antonio.
1519
• Juan de Cartagena commands the
San Antonio.
• Gaspar de Quesada commands
Conception.
• Luis de Mendoza commands the
Victoria.
1519
• Juan Serrano commands the
Santiago.
• Leads the 5 spanish ships with
251 men in what was to become
the first voyage around the world.
1519
• 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.
1520
• September: A storm
destroys the Santiago and a
mutiny breaks out.
1520
• October: Ferdinand
Magellan and his crew
resume their voyage on the
remaining ships.
1520
• 21 November: Enters the
straits which would be named
the magellan Straits becoming
the 1st 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.
1521
• 16 March: Discovers
the Philippines.
1521
• April 27: Ferdinand
Magellan was killed by
natives on the island of
Mactan.
1521
• Only 110 of the original
crew members remained
so they abandoned one of
the ships.
• The Conception.
1521
• 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.
1521
• The Victoria was the last
remaining ship.
1522
• September 6: The Victoria
reached Sanlucar de
Barrameda in spain with
only 18 survivor.
Timeline During their
Stay in the
Philippines
1521
March • Sighting of Zamal (Samar)
6 • Landed on Humunu Island
(Homonhon)
• Sighted Islas de
los Ladrones March
(Marianas Islands)
16
1521
March
18 - 22
March
28 - 29
1521
March
31
April
7
1521
April
8-9
April
14
1521
April
26
April
27
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