<P> Born into a Portuguese noble family in around 1480 , Magellan became a skilled sailor and naval officer and was eventually selected by King Charles I of Spain to search for a westward route to the Maluku Islands ( the `` Spice Islands '' ) . Commanding a fleet of five vessels , he headed south through the Atlantic Ocean to Patagonia , passing through the Strait of Magellan into a body of water he named the `` peaceful sea '' ( the modern Pacific Ocean ) . Despite a series of storms and mutinies , the expedition reached the Spice Islands in 1521 and returned home via the Indian Ocean to complete the first circuit of the globe . Magellan did not complete the entire voyage , as he was killed during the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines in 1521 . </P>
<P> Born into a Portuguese noble family in around 1480 , Magellan became a skilled sailor and naval officer and was eventually selected by King Charles I of Spain to search for a westward route to the Maluku Islands ( the `` Spice Islands '' ) . Commanding a fleet of five vessels , he headed south through the Atlantic Ocean to Patagonia , passing through the Strait of Magellan into a body of water he named the `` peaceful sea '' ( the modern Pacific Ocean ) . Despite a series of storms and mutinies , the expedition reached the Spice Islands in 1521 and returned home via the Indian Ocean to complete the first circuit of the globe . Magellan did not complete the entire voyage , as he was killed during the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines in 1521 . </P>
which explore was the first to find a path around south america and circumnavigate the earth
which explore was the first to find a path around south america and circumnavigate the earth
Magellan
Magellan