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Because of this, magellan promised to eliminate the “king” who would not recognize the superiority of spanish crown. After his death in a tribal battle in the philippines, the flagship of his. Even though magellan sailed for spain, the dead hand of portuguese secrecy regarding exploration reached out to crush him as well.
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From spain he sailed around south america, discovering the strait of magellan, and across the pacific. Their goal was to find a water passage around the americas and continue on. Though he was killed in.
Charles v used magellan’s voyage to support spain’s claim over the spice islands and followed it up with an armed fleet.
Ferdinand magellan, portuguese navigator and explorer. Portugal and spain again tried to thrash out a division of the world. Magellan himself was killed in battle in the philippines in 1521, but his crew, commanded by spanish navigator juan sebastián elcano, completed the return trip to spain in 1522, achieving the first. Although this was technically true, it was magellan’s arrogance and his.
Cartagena and others hatched a plot to stage a mutiny and kill magellan in april 1520. In the afternoon of the day in which magellan was killed a message was sent to the victorious mactans, imploring them to surrender his body to the spaniards for burial. Reaching the island of mactan in what is now known as the philippines, magellan himself is killed in brutal fashion during a battle with local people. But according to an account by portuguese historian gaspar correa, magellan anticipated their treachery.
They stopped at the canary islands to pick up some supplies, and then continued into the atlantic ocean.
On september 20, 1520, magellan led a flotilla of five ships with a crew of 250 out of the spanish port of sancar de barrameda. Magellan received a letter that the spanish officers planned to kill him after leaving the.
