Show HAS HIGH ailace PLACE IN HISTORY magellan famed as man who found the pacific and completed the dorkof work of columbus columbu four centuries ago ferdinand magellan sailed from seville spain on the voyage during which he discovered the pacific ocean ocean named the straits of magellan and opened the islands of the pacific to the people of europe nis ills was the first circumnavigation of the earth had he not been imbued with thed estre to be the governor of a new world in keeping with the promise accorded him by charles charlea V the great geographer might have attained even greater heights instead he died before the three years cruise was wag completed while in battle with natives of q a group of the philippine islands ha had discovered them along with ladrone and guam islands and was intent on making them spanish the discovery of america by columbus had not completely convinced europeans that the earth was round but the findings of magellan clinched the argument ile he started with a crow crew of men and five vessels but the one ship that survived the cruise 0 only took back a remnant of that party many died of scurvy and some tell fell during mutinies and battles with na tives magellan added much to the worlds geography he outlined the entire eastern coast of south SouthA america morlea ills discoveries offered the spaniards new opportunity and they started to further explore the pacific spaniards found and named california after a cliar character acter in a spanish novel then for some unaccountable reason they rested on their laurels |