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well i like writing essays umm

1 guy is Ferdinand and 1 is Marco so start off

1st Paragraph- Introduction, Introduce the 2 people and talk bout them and what your going to talk about

2nd Paragraph- Talk about the first person

3rd Paragraph- Talk about the second person

4th Paragraph- Compare them in anyway possible

5th Paragraph- Wrap it up

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PARA 1:Well, for a comparizon essay you first need the introduction, saying about them and the importance of those explorers at the time!.
PARA 2: Start with one of them, write a summary of his life and what he dicovered, and how his discovery controled the destiny of the world at the time!.
PARA 3 : Same plan as the other one!.
PARA 4 :Compare them somehow, tell the differences and similarities between them!.
PARA 5: Conclusion - tell your own oppionion about wether explorer 1 is better then explorer 2 or the opposite!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Where they're from, what century they explored, what they explored/discovered, any hardships they encountered in exploration!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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what they did and why you think it is important and which one you think is more useful in todays world!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Ferdinand Magellan (Spring 1480 – April 27, 1521, Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines) was a Portuguese maritime explorer who, while in the service of the Spanish Crown, tried to find a westward route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia!. This was the first successful attempt to circumnavigate the Earth in history!. Although he did not complete the entire voyage (he was killed during the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines) fellow Basque-navigator Juan Sebastian Elcano completed the final westward voyage!. As Magellan traveled farther west than the Spice Islands, which he had visited on earlier voyages from the west, he became one of the first individuals to cross all the meridians of the globe!. He was the first person to lead an expedition sailing westward from Europe to Asia and to cross the Pacific Ocean!.

Magellan should also be recognized as the first explorer to enter the Pacific from the eponymous Strait of Magellan, which he discovered!. He is also remembered as the first European to reach the archipelago of what is now known as the Philippines, which was unknown to the western world before his landing!. Arab traders had established commerce within the archipelago centuries earlier!.

Of the 237 men who set out on five ships to circumnavigate the earth, only 18 completed the circumnavigation of the globe and managed to return to Spain in 1522!.[1][2] They were led by a Basque Juan Sebastián Elcano, who took over command of the expedition after Magellan's death!. 17 other men arrived later in Spain, 12 men captured by the Portugueses in Cape Verde some weeks later, and in 1525/1526 5 survivors of the Trinidad!.Contents [hide]
1 Origins and first voyage
2 Spanish search of the Spice Islands
3 Journey
4 Death
5 Circumnavigation and return
6 Legacy
7 Survivors
7!.1 Martino de Judicibus
8 See also
9 References and footnotes
10 Further reading
11 External links


Origins and first voyage

Called "Fern?o de Magalh?es" pronounced [f???n??? d? m?g???????] in his native tongue, Magellan (because of his family's royal heritage) became a page to Queen Leonor at the royal court after the death of his parents during his tenth year!. Very little is known about Magellan's background!. He was the son of Rui de Magalh?es (son of Pedro Afonso de Magalh?es and wife Quinta de Sousa) and wife Alda de Mesquita, and brother of Duarte de Sousa, Diogo de Sousa and Isabel de Magalh?es, but exactly how he is connected to the respective families it is unknown!. He was married to Beatriz Barbosa and had two children: Rodrigo de Magalh?es[3] and Carlos de Magalh?es, both of whom died at a young age!.

Magellan made his first experience during the expedition on the sea at the age of 25 in 1505, when he was sent to India to install Francisco de Almeida as the Portuguese viceroy!. The voyage gave Magellan his first experience of battle when a local king, who had paid tribute to Vasco da Gama three years earlier, refused to pay tribute to Almeida, which resulted in the Battle of Diu in 1509!. After taking leave without permission, Magellan fell out of favour with Almeida and was also accused of trading illegally with the Moors!. Several of the accusations were subsequently proved and there were no further offers of employment after May 15, 1514!. Later on in 1515, Magellan had an employment offer as a crew member on a Portuguese ship, but rejected this offer!.

Spanish search of the Spice Islands

The aim of Christopher Columbus' voyage to the West was to reach the coasts of the Spice Islands (or the Indies) and to establish commercial relations between Spain and the several Asian kingdoms!. The Spanish soon realized after Columbus' voyages that the lands of the Americas were not a part of Asia, but a new continent!. Once Vasco da Gama and the Portuguese arrived in India in 1498, it became urgent for Spain to find a new commercial route to Asia!. The Treaty of Tordesillas reserved for Portugal the routes that went around Africa!. The Spanish Crown then decided to send out exploration voyages in order to find a way to Asia by travelling westwards!. Vasco Nú?ez de Balboa sailed the Pacific Ocean in 1513, and Juan Díaz de Solís died in Río de la Plata some years later trying to find a passage in South America!.

When Magellan arrived at the Court of Spain, he presented King Charles V with a plan which would bring the ships of the Crown of Castile full access to the lands of the Spice Islands, after seeing that plan not approved by the Portuguese king, Manuel I!.

Journey

The arrow points to the city of Sanlúcar de Barrameda on the delta of the Guadalquivir River, in Andalusia!.

On August 10, 1519, five ships under Magellan's command – Trinidad, San Antonio, Concepción, Victoria, and Santiago – left Seville and travelled from the Guadalquivir River to Sanlúcar de Barrameda at the mouth of the river, where they remained more than five weeks!.

Spanish authorities were wary of the Portuguese Magellan, almost prevented the admiral from sailing, and switched his crew from mostly Portuguese men to men of Spain!. Nevertheless, Magellan set sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on September 20!. King Manuel ordered a Portuguese naval detachment to pursue Magellan, but Magellan avoided them!. After stopping at the Canary Islands, Magellan arrived at Cape Verde, where he set course for Cape St!. Augustine in Brazil!. On November 27, the expedition crossed the equator; on December 6, the crew sighted South America!.

Magellan's ship Victoria

Since Brazil was Portuguese territory, Magellan avoided it, and on December 13 anchored near present-day Rio de Janeiro!. There the crew was resupplied, but bad conditions caused them to delay!. Afterwards, they continued to sail south along South America's east coast, looking for the strait that Magellan believed would lead to the Spice Islands!. The fleet reached Río de la Plata on January 10, 1520!.

On March 30, the crew established a settlement that they called Puerto San Julian!. On April 2, a mutiny involving two of the five ship captains broke out, but it was unsuccessful because the crew remained loyal!. Juan Sebastián Elcano was one of those who were forgiven!. Antonio Pigafetta, an Italian from Vicenza who paid to be on the Magellan voyage, related that Gaspar Quesada, the captain of Concepcion, was executed; Juan de Cartagena, the captain of San Antonio, and a priest named Padre Sanchez de la Reina were instead marooned on the coast!. Another account states that Luis de Mendoza, the captain of Victoria, was executed along with Quesada!.[4] Reportedly those killed were drawn and quartered and impaled on the coast; years later, their bones were found by Sir Francis Drake!.[5][6]

The Strait of Magellan cuts through the southern tip of South America connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean!.

The journey resumed!. The Santiago was sent down the coast on a scouting expedition and was wrecked in a sudden storm!. All of its crew survived and made it safely to shore!. Two of them returned overland to inform Magellan of what had happened, and bring rescue to their comrades!. After this experience, Magellan decided to wait for a few weeks more before again resuming the voyage!.

At 52°S latitude on October 21, the fleet reached Cape Virgenes and concluded they had found the passage, because the waters were brine and deep inland!. Four ships began an arduous trip through the 373-mile (600 km) long passage that Magellan called the Estrecho (Canal) de Todos los Santos, ("All Saints' Channel"), because the fleet travelled through it on November 1, or All Saints' Day!. The strait is now named the Strait of Magellan!. Magellan first assigned Concepcion and San Antonio to explore the strait, but the latter, commanded by Gomez, deserted and returned to Spain on November 20!. On November 28, the three remaining ships entered the South Pacific!. Magellan named the waters the Mar Pacifico (Pacific Ocean) because of its apparent stillness!.[7] Magellan was the first European to reach Tierra del Fuego just east of the Pacific side of the strait!.

Death

Monument in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines that marks the site where Magellan was believed to be killed!.

Heading northwest, the crew reached the equator on February 13, 1521!. On March 6, they reached the Marianas and Guam!. Magellan called Guam the "Island of Sails" because they saw a lot of sailboats!. They renamed it to "Ladrones Island" (Island of Thieves) because many of Trinidad's small boats were stolen there!. On March 16, Magellan reached the island of Homonhon in the Philippines, with 150 crew left, and became the first European to reach the Philippines!.

Magellan was able to communicate with the native peoples because his Malay interpreter, Enrique, could understand their language!. Enrique was indentured by Magellan in 1511 right after the sacking of Malacca (See: European colonization of Melaka), and was at his side during the battles in Africa, during Magellan's disgrace at the King's court in Portugal, and during Magellan's successful raising of a fleet!. They traded gifts with Rajah Siaiu of Mazaua, who guided them to Cebu on April 7!.

Rajah Humabon of Cebu was friendly to Magellan, and he and his queen, Juana, even accepted Christianity!. Afterward, Humabon and his rival Datu Zula convinced Magellan to go kill their enemy, Lapu-Lapu, on Mactan!. Magellan had wished to convert Lapu-Lapu to Christianity, as he had Rajah Humabon, a proposal to which Lapu-Lapu was dismissive!. On the morning of April 17, 1521, Magellan sailed to Mactan with an army of men!. During the resulting Battle of Mactan against indigenous forces led by Lapu-Lapu, Magellan was killed!.

Pigafetta and Ginés de Mafra provided the only extant eyewitness accounts of the events culminating in Magellan's death:“ When morning came,Www@QuestionHome@Com

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