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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 voyages in the Age of Discovery , its purpose was to secure a maritime trade route with the Moluccas , or Spice Islands, in present-day Indonesia .
The Geocarta Nautica Universale (1523), the first known map to show the discoveries of the Magellan Expedition and the full extent of the Pacific Ocean, believed to have been a copy of the Spanish standard map drafted by Giovanni Vespucci's assistants and possessed now by the Royal Library of Turin.
The objective of the expedition was to find an alternative route to Asia. [1] Magellan was ultimately killed during the Battle of Mactan in 1521. It was during the reign of Charles's son, Philip II, that Spain decided to colonize the Philippines. Philip thought that Portugal would not protest as the islands were not abundant in spices.
Magellan then proposed the same plan to King Charles I of Spain, who approved it. In Seville , he married, fathered two children, and organized the expedition. [ 4 ] In 1518, for his allegiance to the Hispanic monarchy , Magellan was appointed an admiral of the Spanish fleet and given command of the expedition—the five-ship "Armada of Molucca."
Map of Ferdinand Magellans voyage around the world: Date: 9 November 2006: Source: own work created in Inkscape, based on Image:Magellan-Map-En.png by Knutux: Author: MesserWoland and Petr Dlouhý: Permission (Reusing this file) Own work, copyleft: Multi-license with GFDL and Creative Commons CC-BY-SA-2.5 and older versions (2.0 and 1.0) Other ...
The Magellan expedition (10 August or 20 September 1519 – 6 September 1522) was the first voyage around the world in human history. It was a Spanish expedition that sailed from Seville in 1519 under the initial command of Ferdinand Magellan , a Portuguese sailor, and completed in 1522 by Spanish Basque navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano .
Magellan's original name for the strait was Estrecho de Todos los Santos ("Strait of All Saints"). The King of Spain, Emperor Charles V, who sponsored the Magellan-Elcano expedition, changed the name to the Strait of Magellan in honor of Magellan. [1] The route is difficult to navigate due to frequent narrows and unpredictable winds and currents.
King Charles I of Spain directs Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães) to lead an expedition of five ships and 270 men to seek a westward sea route to the East Indies. Magellan discovers the Strait of Magellan and encounters a sea he names the Peaceful Sea (Pacific Ocean). Magellan becomes the first explorer to cross ...