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=__Ferdinand Magellan__=

**Here are a few details about my life...**
I was born in Sabrosa, northern Portugal in spring in 1480. My Portuguese name was Fernao de Magalhaes. As I was 10 years old my parents died, I became the Portuguese court accepted me like a son, because my parents had a good relationship. At the court I learned something about astronomy and natural science.That was the point were I got interested in science. I also got interested in the journeys of Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama, so studied their voyages. So I wanted to do something extraordinary and started the first circumnavigation. I didn´t get very old, because I died when I was around 40-41 in 1521 on the 27. april. As my crew and me arrived on the Philippines,I was killed in the Battle of Mactan. I was a portuguese explorer and my life was full of adventures!

**I contributed to the Renaissance in the following way...**
I was the first circumnavigator. That means, that I was the first person that lead the first circumnavigation around the earth. I was the person who discovered the route how ships could sail once around the earth. I sailed around the western coast of Africa, the eastern part of South America, right through the Pacific Ocean, directly to the Philippines.



**I think these contributions were particulary important because...**
I showed other people what you can reach when you really want something. I could also expand the European menue and changed the way people saw different cultures. Before my journey people didn`t know what to expect from different countries.

<-- Here you can see a picture of the ships, with them my crew and me did our first circumnavigation.


 * The picture shown here is a picture of my circumnavigation which helps to show my journey** **around the earth and you can clearly see where I sailed.**

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Here you can watch a funny little song about the circumnavigation of Ferdinand Magellan.

My Sources:

- Wikipedia, Ferdinand Magellan, [] - Magellans Route: 1519-1522, [] - Weltum, Ferdinand Magellan, [] - Ferdinand Magellan, [] - Ferdinand Magellan, [] - Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), [] - The ships of the circumnavigation on allpostersimages.com ,[] - Animanias- Ballad Of Magellan, []