Around the world with me

Hello I am Ferdinand John Magellan. I was born on April 27th,1480, in Portugal. My parents died when I was 10 years old. At 12 years old I became a page to the king and queen of Spian. After becoming an explorer I wanted to be the first explorer to circumnavigate (go around) the world.I set out to do what Columbus had tried 27 years earlier sailing west to find a sea route to Asia. With five Spanish ships,I set out in 1519 in search of the spice Islands in Indonesia. I sailed south down the Atlantic. Today I saw the most beautiful site in the whole world.

Ferdinand Magellan 1519

By Alan