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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Ferdinand Magellan canonical	68
Fernão de Magalhães	2
Magellan	2
Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Portuguese person ⓘ explorer ⓘ human ⓘ navigator ⓘ
allegiance	Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ
birthDate	1480 ⓘ
birthPlace	Portugal ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Portugal Sabrosa ⓘ
causeOfDeath	killed in battle ⓘ
citizenship	Portugal ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Portugal
commissionedBy	Charles I of Spain ⓘ surface form: King Charles I of Spain
deathDate	1521-04-27 ⓘ
deathPlace	Mactan ⓘ Philippines ⓘ
departureDate	1519-09-20 ⓘ
departurePort	Sanlúcar de Barrameda ⓘ
employer	Crown of Castile ⓘ Portugal ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Portugal
era	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery
expedition	Magellan–Elcano expedition ⓘ surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ Ferdinand Magellan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: 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 and Tobago ⓘ surface form: Trinidad
straitNamedAfter	Strait of Magellan ⓘ
successorInCommand	Juan Sebastián Elcano ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pacific Ocean → namedBy → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Age of Exploration → hasKeyExplorer → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Ferdinand Magellan → name → Ferdinand Magellan self-link ⓘ

Ferdinand Magellan → name → Ferdinand Magellan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fernão de Magalhães

Age of Sail → notableExplorer → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Magellan–Elcano expedition → leader → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Magellan–Elcano expedition → commander → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Magellan–Elcano expedition → namedAfter → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Strait of Magellan → namedAfter → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Strait of Magellan → discoveredByEuropeans → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Portuguese Empire → explorer → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Sabrosa → birthplaceOf → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Mactan → associatedWith → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Juan Sebastián Elcano → collaboratedWith → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Concepción → expeditionLeader → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Concepción → associatedWith → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Santiago → operator → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

subject surface form: Santiago (Magellan expedition ship)

Santiago → expeditionCommander → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

subject surface form: Santiago (Magellan expedition ship)

Large Magellanic Cloud → namedAfter → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Magallanes Region (historically) → namedAfter → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

subject surface form: Magallanes Region

Small Magellanic Cloud → namedAfter → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Magellan Telescopes → namedAfter → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Victoria → commandedBy → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

subject surface form: Victoria (ship)

San Antonio → expeditionLeader → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Tierra del Fuego region → historicallyVisitedBy → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Trinidad → commandedBy → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Trinidad → associatedWith → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Trinidad → voyageLeader → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Magellanic Clouds → namedAfter → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Battle of Mactan → commander → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Battle of Mactan → opponentOf → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Ferdinand → notableBearer → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Magellan spacecraft → namedAfter → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Lapu-Lapu → opponent → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Lapu-Lapu → associatedWithPerson → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Magellan Marker → commemorates → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Magellan Marker → namedAfter → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Magellan Marker → dedicatedTo → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Victoria (ship) → expeditionCommanderAtStart → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Nao Victoria Museum → hasSubject → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Mutiny at Puerto San Julián → participant → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Mutiny at Puerto San Julián → opponent → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Mutiny at Puerto San Julián → commandedBy → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Voyage to the Moluccas → leader → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Voyage to the Moluccas → commanderDeath → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521

Padrão dos Descobrimentos → featuresFigure → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Gaspar de Quesada → sentencedBy → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Gaspar de Quesada → associatedWith → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Portuguese people → notableFigure → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

LMC → namedAfter → Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ