Essai sur la nouvelle Théorie du Feu élémentaire, et de la Chaleur des Corps, 1780. An Essay towards a System of Mineralogy, 1788. Mémoires de Maurice Auguste, Comte de Benyowsky. Magellan also wrote articles in the Journal de Physique, 1778–83. On the title-page of his translation of Axel Fredrik Cronstedt's System of Mineralogy, 1788, he assumed the appellation "Talabrico-Lusitanus". Magellan gave Count Benyovszky's memoirs to William Nicholson, who published them in English in 1790. Magellan's French version of the memoirs appeared after his death, and letters of Magellan to Benyowsky were published in Mór Jókai's edition of the count's memoirs. In 1784, Magellan was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. The Magellanic Premium, a prize given for advances in navigation, was established at the American Philosophical Society in 1786 by a grant given by him. Notes Attribution 1722 births 1790 deaths People from Aveiro, Portugal Augustinian friars Fellows of the Royal Society Natural philosophers Portuguese scientists