Ferdinand Magellan

          Magellan was born in Northern Portugal. His parents, Pedro Ruy de Magalhaes and Alda de Mezquita, were very wealthy and powerful. Magellan sailed to India and to the Far East many times through Africa's Cape of Good Hope. He sailed for Portugal, but a disagreement with the Portuguese King Manoel II led him to turn against the Portuguese. Therefore, he decided to sail for Spain
          Magellan and his companion, Ruy de Falero, explained to King Charles V,of Spain, that a westward voyage around the top of South America would lead them to the Moluccas, an island filled with riches. They would then avoid the Portuguese to avoiding confrontation. Their voyage began September 8, 1519, which lasted until September 6, 1522. Magellan sailed from Seville, Spain, with five ships, the Trinidad, San Antonio, Concepcion, Victoria, and Santiago.Three years later, only the ship the Victoria made it back to Seville, carrying only 18 of the original 270 crew members.

          Magellan was killed towards the end of the voyage, on the Island in the Philippines, during a battle with the natives. The Basque navigator Juan Sebastián de Elcano completed the trip.In his trip, He headed southwest down toward South America. Staying along the East coastline of South America, then sailing through a waterway at the southern tip of South America, known as the Strait of Magellan. He then started heading North toward Hawaii then going downward to the West and landing in the Philippines. He dies in the Philippines, but one of his ships ,the Victoria, travels all the way back to Spain with aboard 18 men, who were the first Europeans to navigate the entire world.