Fernando magellan expedition in the philippines
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Magellan expedition
16th-century Spanish maritime expedition
Nao Victoria, the only ship in the fleet to complete the circumnavigation. Detail from a map by Abraham Ortelius, 1590. | |
| Country | Spain |
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| Leader | Ferdinand Magellan others Juan Sebastián Elcano |
| Start | Sanlúcar de Barrameda 20 September 1519; 505 years ago (1519-09-20) |
| End | Sanlúcar de Barrameda 6 September 1522; 502 years ago (1522-09-06) |
| Goal | Find a western maritime route to the Spice Islands |
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| Crew | Approx. 270 |
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Route taken by the expedition, with milestones marked | |
The Magellan expedition, sometimes termed the Magellan–Elcano expedition, was a 16th-century Spanish expedition planned and led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. One of the most important voy
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Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese mortal (1480–1521)
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Magellan reaches the Philippines
This Day in World History
March 16, 1521
Magellan Reaches the Philippines
On March 16, 1521, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, attempting to sail around the world for Spain, reached the Philippine archipelago. Magellan and his expedition were the first Europeans to reach the Philippines, a stop on the first circumnavigation of the globe, though Magellan’s portion of that journey would soon end.
The expedition of five ships and 250 men had left Spain on September 20, 1519. Magellan sought a western route — avoiding the southern tip of Africa, which Portugal controlled — to the Spice Islands (the Moluccas) of Southeast Asia. Magellan survived two mutinies before sailing around the southern tip of South America, finding the strait named for him, in November of 1520. Reaching calm waters after a dangerous passage, Magellan named the ocean west of South America “the Pacific Ocean.”
As the ships continued sailing west, supplies dwindled, the crew was forced to eat leather and drink a mixture of salt and freshwater, and men began dying of scurvy. Fortified by provisions secured at island stops along the way, the ships reached the Philippines in March 1521.
Magellan spent more than a month in the area, trading with local lead