As a result of the Magellan expedition, the presence of what? Expedition Fernand Magellan

Without courageous romantics, adventurers and adventurers, the world would be boring. And quite different, because much would remain so and not open, not found, not invented.

Age of geographical discoveries

It covers the time when seafarers were laying new paths, opening continents and islands, changing the map of the world. The epoch covered several periods:

• Early, during which seafarers settled in the Indian and Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean, Baltic, Yellow and Black Seas, rounded Africa and compiled accurate maps of these areas.
• The middle, when the American continent was discovered, found the sea route from Europe to Asia, made the first round-the-world voyage and discovered Australia.
• Later, during which the North-West America, Antarctica, the World Ocean was explored.

The middle of the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries is called the Age of Great Discoveries. And speaking about this time, it is impossible not to mention the name of the seafarer, who contributed to modern science. This is Magellan Fernando, the man who proved that the Earth is a sphere.

Short biography of Magellan

F. Magellan (Magallanes) was born in Portugal in 1470. However, he made the main achievements before science under the Spanish flag. The young man came from a noble family, so he received good training, as well as practice in the Navy. After retiring, Magellan Fernando moved to Spain, where he offered the king a draft maritime campaign, which, after many meditations, was still adopted. And then an expedition of five ships went on a famous journey.

During this voyage, the coast of South America, the southern strait, which later got its name, the Patagonian Cordillera, was discovered and mapped. The way of the pilgrims ran through the Pacific Ocean, to which the ships of Europeans, the island of Guam, the Philippines , had not visited before. There, in a fight with the aborigines, Fernando died, but his team finished a great deal.

As a result of the Magellan expedition, the existence of a single World Ocean was established, it is proved that the planet has the form of a sphere. But this information was appreciated by society much later.

The Straits of Magellan

The path of Magellan and his team began on September 20, 1519. Small vessels in the number of five, carrying 265 people on board, went into the sea. The captain used his unique alarm system, which allowed all the ships to stick together. Fernando intended to cross the Atlantic, so around the end of December he reached La Plata. For more than a month they searched for a passage to the South Sea, but had to stay for the winter. On three ships began a riot, but he was brutally suppressed. Since the Magellan expedition found the presence of a single ocean, the strait was found, and the journey continued. True, one ship crashed, and the other deserted.

The death of the leader

At the end of November 1520, the flotilla entered the South Sea, which was called the Pacific Ocean, because during the voyage it had good weather. Four months the team spent in the ocean, on the verge of survival. Hunger, scurvy, high mortality - that's what the participants of the first round-the-world trip had to endure. Finally, the expedition of Fernand Magellan pestered the Philippine archipelago. There the Spaniards declared the islands the possession of their king and demanded conquest.

But the natives had other plans. The ruler of Cebu arranged a feast in honor of the aliens, on which he attacked his guests. Magellan himself was killed in a fight. The team retreated to the boats, but people did not have enough, so one of the ships had to be burned.

Is the goal achieved?

Everyone now knows that as a result of the Magellan expedition it was established that there is a single ocean on the planet, connected by straits and channels. But the islands of spices, to which the seafarer kept his way, were still not found.

For about four months, ships wandered the seas until they landed on the island of Tidore. Here, replenishing supplies of provisions and buying cloves, the ship continued on its way. But they were divided: one of them went west along Africa, and the other was delayed for repair. "Victoria" completed the world's first round-the-world trip on September 6, 1522. On its board there are only eighteen people left. A little later, seventeen more people returned to Spain aboard the Trinidad. Having sold spices, the team paid for all the costs of long-term swimming.

Instead of an afterword

The meaning of the first trip is invaluable. As mentioned above, as a result of the expedition of Magellan, the presence of the World Ocean was established. Seafarers have also proved that there is less land on our planet than water. The name of the brave Portuguese was named not only the open strait in the Pacific Ocean, but also two star clusters, mentioned by Antonio Pifacetta, the expedition member and its historiographer. Mariners were devoted to novels and scientific research.

But did the trip benefit the very Fernand and his family? He died during the voyage, when he tried, like conquistadors, to conquer the natives of the Philippine Islands. The crew of the deserted ship accused Magellan of high treason, so all privileges and payments were removed from him. A year before the last ship of the flotilla threw the anchor of the house, the son of Fernando died. And six months later, his wife died, who only gave birth to her second son dead. That's the price the traveler had to pay for the great discovery!