Ferdinand+Magellan

====Why is Magellan so important and still remembered? Simple because he was the first man to ever circumnavigate the globe. He was born in 1480 in Portugal. He was third born in a family of middle class people. When he was twelve he became a page at the court of Queen Leonor queen of Portugal. Even though Magellan was known as a sailor,who sailed around around the world he started as a warrior when he was 13. He became a sailor and sailed on large fleets mostly for war. Even though he was only a sailor for 16 years he became a great captain. Once while serving in Morocco his Portuguese commander thought he had a business deal with the enemy so he could no longer serve Portugal. After that he went to Spain to offer his services to King Charles I king of Spain at the time. When he served the Spanish he had the idea for the expedition to go to the Spice Islands, except he wanted to go West instead of East. That is the voyage where he went around the world even though he never meant to. Magellan might not have ever known that he sailed around the world. The voyage he commanded to go around the world started in 1519 with 5 ships. He had trouble getting people to go on the voyage since they didn't know where they would be going. ====