Ferdinand Magellan

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Portuguese person explorer human navigator

Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, significantly advancing European knowledge of world geography.

Aliases (2)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Portuguese person → explorer → human → navigator →
allegiance	Portugal → Spain →
birthDate	1480 →
birthPlace	Kingdom of Portugal → Sabrosa →
causeOfDeath	killed in battle →
citizenship	Kingdom of Portugal →
commissionedBy	King Charles I of Spain →
deathDate	1521-04-27 →
deathPlace	Mactan → Philippines →
departureDate	1519-09-20 →
departurePort	Sanlúcar de Barrameda →
employer	Crown of Castile → Kingdom of Portugal →
era	Age of Discovery →
expedition	Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation →
flag	Crown of Castile →
fleetSize	5 ships →
goal	find a westward route to the Spice Islands →
knownFor	Magellan–Elcano expedition → crossing the Pacific Ocean → discovering a westward route to the Spice Islands for Spain → discovering the Strait of Magellan → leading the first expedition to circumnavigate the Earth →
legacy	advanced European knowledge of world geography → proved the globe could be circumnavigated by sea →
name	Ferdinand Magellan → Fernão de Magalhães →
nationalityAtBirth	Portuguese →
notableEvent	discovery of the Strait of Magellan → first European crossing of the Pacific Ocean → mutiny in Patagonia →
notableShipInFleet	Concepción → San Antonio → Santiago → Trinidad → Victoria →
oceanNamedAfter	Magellan Sea (historic usage for parts of the Pacific) →
participatedIn	Portuguese conquest of Malacca → Portuguese expeditions to India →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
servedAs	captain-general of the Spanish expedition to the Moluccas →
shipCommanded	Trinidad →
straitNamedAfter	Strait of Magellan →
successorInCommand	Juan Sebastián Elcano →

Referenced by (41)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Large Magellanic Cloud → Magallanes Region → Magellan Marker → Magellan Telescopes → Magellan spacecraft → Magellanic Clouds → Magellan–Elcano expedition → Small Magellanic Cloud → Strait of Magellan →	namedAfter
Concepción → Mactan → Trinidad →	associatedWith
Trinidad → Victoria (ship) →	commandedBy
Battle of Mactan → Magellan–Elcano expedition →	commander
Concepción → San Antonio →	expeditionLeader
Ferdinand Magellan → Ferdinand Magellan ("Fernão de Magalhães") →	name
Lapu-Lapu →	associatedWithPerson
Sabrosa →	birthplaceOf
Juan Sebastián Elcano →	collaboratedWith
Voyage to the Moluccas ("Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521") →	commanderDeath
Magellan Marker →	commemorates
Magellan Marker →	dedicatedTo
Strait of Magellan →	discoveredByEuropeans
Santiago (Magellan expedition ship) →	expeditionCommander
Victoria (ship) →	expeditionCommanderAtStart
Portuguese Empire →	explorer
Age of Exploration →	hasKeyExplorer
Nao Victoria Museum →	hasSubject
Tierra del Fuego region →	historicallyVisitedBy
Magellan–Elcano expedition →	leader
Pacific Ocean →	namedBy
Ferdinand →	notableBearer
Age of Sail →	notableExplorer
Santiago (Magellan expedition ship) →	operator
Lapu-Lapu →	opponent
Battle of Mactan →	opponentOf
Trinidad →	voyageLeader