background
born in 1480 in porto or ssabrosa portugal
died april 27 1521 in mactan philipenes
son of rui de magalhaes
father was a member of Portuguese royalty
studied astronomy celestial navigation and cartography
sailed for portugal from 1505 to 1513
sailed for spain from 1521
sailed to east africa
battle of dui 1509
explored malacca and conquered their port
sailed to the spice islands
circumnavigation to get a faster route to the spice islands across atlantic ocean around south america and across atlantic ocean atound south america and across the pacific
king charles sent him with 5 ships left september 20th 15`19
he found thta by through magelans strait you could reach the spice islands
considered to be the first person to circumnavigate the globe
he died
lost a lot of crew
boat wrecks
where his voyages considered successful
died fighting alaong side rajah who megellan became trade partners and friends
one of his crew masters left n the middle of his voyages
henry hudson
early life
very little known about his early life
studied
made first voyage in 1607
was hiered to find a shorter route from europe to asia throu the arctic ocean
attempted 3 times but failed because of ice
started in london
sailed for the british east india company
ended up in baffin
is believed he attended harvad
first voage ice flow made him returned
crew turned on him
Hudson
walter raleigh
born in 1552
when young he lived on a farmhouse near the village of east budleigh in devon england
lived under persecution by Elizabeth 1 because of the grew up hating roman catholicism
left england aat age of 17 to fo fight for the french protestants in the wars of religion
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