Ferdinand Magellan

Date: 16th of the ninth month, year 1501. Mr Cortes’. I am Ferdinand Magellan and I am writing this letter to you in regards to the Spanish conquest, as you, were the head conquistador in this account. I must say I am appalled by your actions towards the Aztec civilisation and the way you deemed it right to murder them all. I heard from my advisers that you, who was a great man before your actions, murdered many Aztecs in your efforts to convert them to Catholicism. It says clearly in the bible…

considered those areas unsafe. Of course, just like any other country, they wanted power and money, so in 1492 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sent Christopher Columbus to find a sea route to Asia with a promise of some of the riches. Christopher didn’t find a sea route to Asia, but he did find the Americas, thinking that it was India. In 1520 an explorer named Ferdinand Magellan…

across the Atlantic Ocean. He need someone to support his voyage, first he went to the king of Portugal, however he refused, as he was more interested in finding a route to Asia via Africa. He then went to Spain and after a long wait, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agreed to fund his voyage. They wanted to beat Portugal in the race to the East, and to spread Christianity. They gave him 3 ships, The Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria. On the 3rd August 1492, Columbus set sail from Palos,…

knowledge. Most importantly when the Renaissance began, ignorance faded away over time with machines like the printing press, literacy and education spreading, and humanism evaluating religion and medieval life; also people like Desiderus Erasmus, Ferdinand…

of technology allowed Europe to assemble skilled cartographers and maritime technicians together to improve the efficiency of sea travel. Another example of explorers questing for glory is Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan aspired for his crew to be the first to completely circumnavigate the world. Although Magellan perished in the Philippines, he…

the way of this voyage. One very unfortunate event that happened during Magellan’s time of circumnavigation his entire crew getting stuck in the middle of the Philippine war only leaving eighteen men alive to complete the voyage. Also on his voyage Magellan was shot and killed by the natives of and island and never actually got to finish his mission and return home while Francis Drake was able to make it home and be knighted by the queen. There were not many good things that came from but those…

Should the Christopher columbus statue be taken down ? Most people believe that the Christopher Columbus statue should be taken down, because it symbolizes hate and slavery. It shows slavery, because Christopher Columbus took Indians in and made them his slaves. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer. He was born in 1451, in the republic Genoa. He later Went to Lisbon, portugal then later went to Spain, where he pitched the idea of trying to find a better way to transfer goods.…

such as Calvin and Luther and the development of Protestantism in many areas of Europe. The conclusions presented by him are convincing and offer different a perspective of ideas towards the various subjects within the period. Manchester defines Magellan, even though he was not the first…

important thing in our daily life today. We can not only using maps to figure out where the place is, but also just like the professor said in the video “it’s an amazing way to figuring out the history” . I do agree this statement because before Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigated the world, people do not realize that Earth is a ball not flat. When people read the map, then they can learn the history of the “Age of Discovery” in the 16th cemetery. Maps may be very different at the different time.…

New World with Portugal • Portugal had land in Africa, Asia, and areas that are now Brazil • Spanish conquistadores or conquers explored the Americas for God, gold, and glory in the 1500s • Vasco Nuñez Balboa found the Pacific Ocean in 1513 • Ferdinand Magellan was the first to circumnavigate the globe during his travels from 1519 to 1522 • Juan Ponce de León went to Florida for gold in 1513 and 1521 but was killed by an Indian arrow • Francisco Coronado explored Arizona and New Mexico reaching…