2. Early years What Ferdinand Magellan thought of the world was that it was smaller than it really is .He had lots of interest in the western water routes and the spice islands.
3. Land areas and bodies of water Magellan Thought he could find the spice island by going west around south America . in 1518 a Spanish king sponsored Magellan . In 1519 ,Magellan sailed with 5 ships and 300 men . Two ships got lost by weather .the other ships landed at the spice islands 8 months later.
4. Contributions and/or achievements Magellan's crew and the one ship left were the first to sail in a boat across the world . The waters around the tip of south America are named after Magellan- straits of Magellan.
5. Interesting information Magellan convinced a Spanish king that the spice island would be safe in the half world treaty of tordesillas divide unclaimed world in half –western half belonged to Spain and eastern half belonged to Portugal. The voyage across pacific was a disaster! Men had to eat saw dust ,and rats , leather strips , and rats to survive. They had no fresh fruit , so the crew came down with the scurvy .
6. Megellan made friends with the phillieppien’s native cheifs. In 1521- megellan died by a philliepien chief killed him by war.megellan started
