Ferdinand Magellan
c. 1480–1521
Portuguese navigator who led the first expedition to sail across the Pacific and on around the world.
Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480–1521) was an explorer, born in Ponte da Barca and died in Mactan.
- Known as
- Explorer
- Category
- Explorers
- Born
- c. 1480, Ponte da Barca
- Died
- 1521, Mactan
Age of Discovery
- Christopher Columbus c. 1451–1506, explorer
- Vasco da Gama c. 1460–1524, explorer
- Juan Ponce de León 1474–1521, explorer
- John Cabot c. 1450–c. 1500, explorer
Alive at the same time as Ferdinand Magellan
- Jakob Fugger 1459–1525, banker
- Vasco da Gama c. 1460–1524, explorer
- Piri Reis c. 1465–1553, admiral and cartographer
- Erasmus 1466–1536, humanist
- Pedro Álvares Cabral c. 1467–c. 1520, explorer
- Guru Nanak 1469–1539, religious leader
- Albrecht Dürer 1471–1528, artist
- Juan Ponce de León 1474–1521, explorer
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa c. 1475–1519, explorer
- Michelangelo 1475–1564, artist
- Francisco Pizarro c. 1478–1541, conquistador
- Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478–1546, admiral
Portrait: Unknown artistUnknown artist, Public domain.
