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=Ferdinand Magellan by Cameron Chapman=

Here are a few details about my life:
I was born in spring 1480, and my parents died when I was ten. My first voyage was to India in 1505, to transport an official to collect tribute: this failed and resulted in the Battle of Diu. After this I was told to try and find a western route to the Spice Islands in the east. This was deemed possible with the new discovery that the earth was round, so I began my journey. I took five ships, the //Trinidad//, //San Antonio//, //Concepción//, //Victoria//, and //Santiago,// across to the west, to South America. I discovered a strait that led straight through South America to the other side and the Spice Islands (one is pictured below). I then sailed around the world to the Philippine islands, where I was killed in the battle of mactan. The battle was caused by a few dissagrements while trying to convert one of the tribes to christianity. They didn't like the idea, so my crew fought, and then ran as I was cut down.

I contributed to the Renaissance in the following ways:
My ship was the first to circumnavigate (sail round) the world, I discovered a new route to the Spice Islands and the Magellan straights. Even though I was dead when the ship got back, it still counts.

I think these contributions were particularly important because:
Spain could now pass to the Spice Islands without having to pass through unfriendly waters,so the passage becomes safer and more money is acchieved in trade because more spies arrive, and they didn’t have to go round all the way round South America.

The pictures shown here:
is of where I sailed around the world. This helps to show that my ship was the first to circumnavigate (sail round the world), while the other is a picture of the Straights of Magellan that I discovered.