Age of Exploration: Chapter 6-Magellan's Voyage

Age of Exploration: Chapter 6-Magellan's Voyage

by Charles Montgomery

​Ferdinand Magellan

• ​Portuguese

• ​was 13 when Columbus sailed

• ​inspired by Columbus

• ​started sailing for Portugal

• ​wanted to find a passage through South America for faster travel to East Indies

• ​Got approval from Spain to sail

• ​September 1519, left with 5 ships and 277 men for 3 month voyage to Brazil

• ​Boat started leaking

• ​Crew began mutiny

• ​Could not find passage through South America

• ​decided to continue south along coast of South America

• ​Reached what is today Argentina and waited through winter (early April)

Multiple Choice

What was Magellan's native country?

• Portugal

• Spain

• Brazil

• South America

Multiple Choice

What was Magellan's mission when he inititaly set out in 1519

• he was to claim all new lands discovered for Spain

• he was trying to find a way through South America in order to get to the Spice Islands

• he was looking for more native civilizations to conquer

• he wantd to become the first person to sail around the world

​Finding the Strait

• ​Continued search in October

• ​lost one ship to rough seas

• ​remaining ships were blew into a narrow straight

• ​very difficult to navigate

• ​crew wanted to turn back

• ​Magellen refused (although one ship did mutiny and turned back)

• ​remaining ships pressed on and made it through what is known today as the Straits of Magellen

• ​made it to Pacific Ocean

• ​figured ships would make Asia in a few days (ended up being four months)

• ​Magellan killed in Philippines

• ​Crew continued on- one ship and 18 original crew make it back to Spain (3 years)

• ​Became first people to circumnavigate earth.

• ​the one surviving ship brought back enough spices to pay for the entire expedition

Multiple Choice

Where are the Straits of Magellan?

• Where the Panama Canal is today

• at the opening of the Mediterranean Sea

• near the southern tip of South America

• between the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence seaway

Multiple Choice

What happened to Magellen?

• he returned to Spain, where he received a hero's welcome

• his was killed by his men during a mutiny

• he conquered an empire in the Philippines and became their new king

• he was killed by a cheifton in the Philippines

Multiple Choice

What became of Magellan's ships and crew?

• All of the ships and crew were lost at sea

• the crews on all of his ships mutinied and returned to Spain

• one ship and 18 original sailors made it back to Spain after three long years at sea

• they were all killed with Magellan in the Philippines