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Ferdinand Magellan

1480 - 1521

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Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519–22 Spanish expedition to the East Indies. During this expedition, he also discovered the Strait of Magellan, allowing his fleet to pass from the Atlantic into the Pacific Ocean and perform the first European navigation to Asia via the Pacific. Magellan was killed in battle in the Philippines and his crew, commanded by the Spanish Juan Sebastián Elcano, completed the return trip to Spain in 1522 achieving the first circumnavigation of Earth in history. Born around 1480 into a family of minor Portuguese nobility, Magellan became a skilled sailor and naval officer in the service of the Portuguese Crown in Asia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Magellan is the 3rd most popular explorer, the most popular biography from Portugal and the most popular Portuguese Explorer.

Ferdinand Magellan is most famous for being the first person to circumnavigate the globe.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Ferdinand Magellan ranks 3 out of 498. Before him are Marco Polo, and Christopher Columbus. After him are Vasco da Gama, Leif Erikson, Amerigo Vespucci, Hernán Cortés, Ibn Battuta, Roald Amundsen, Bartolomeu Dias, Prince Henry the Navigator, and Zheng He.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Ferdinand Magellan ranks 1. After him are Lucrezia Borgia, Matthias Grünewald, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, Albrecht Altdorfer, Lorenzo Lotto, Johann Georg Faust, Joachim Patinir, Gazi Husrev-beg, Götz von Berlichingen, Pier Gerlofs Donia, and Saint Cajetan. Among people deceased in 1521, Ferdinand Magellan ranks 1. After him are Pope Leo X, Manuel I of Portugal, Josquin des Prez, Juan Ponce de León, Sebastian Brant, Zhengde Emperor, Christina of Saxony, Raffaele Riario, Leonardo Loredan, Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon, and Jorge Álvares.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Ferdinand Magellan ranks 1 out of 633. After him are Vasco da Gama (1460), Bartolomeu Dias (1450), Prince Henry the Navigator (1394), Anthony of Padua (1195), António de Oliveira Salazar (1889), José Saramago (1922), Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467), António Guterres (1949), Fernando Pessoa (1888), Luís de Camões (1524), and Cristiano Ronaldo (1985).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Ferdinand Magellan ranks 1. After him are Vasco da Gama (1460), Bartolomeu Dias (1450), Prince Henry the Navigator (1394), Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467), Diogo Cão (1440), Pêro da Covilhã (1450), Diogo Dias (1450), Diego Columbus (1479), Tristão da Cunha (1460), Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565), and João Gonçalves Zarco (1390).

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