d. 1521

In 1519, after the death of his parents, fourteen-year-old Mateo Mac?as becomes cabin boy to Ferdinand Magellan on a dangerous journey in search of a route to the fabled Spice Islands.

An account of Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of the world in the early 1500s.

Ferdinand Magellan spent three years circumnavigating the globe in the sixteenth century. This book brings his tale of discovery to life and notes that it changed history and the way explorers would navigate oceans in the future.

Explores Ferdinand Magellan's life from his childhood to his travels to his death, his discoveries and accomplishments, and his impact on world history.

Describes the ships of the 14th-century and recounts the voyage of Magellan, explaining life aboard the ships and the instruments of navigation.

A biography of Ferdinand Magellan, who sailed from Portugal in 1519 to find a route to the Far East. Magellan died during the voyage and only one ship returned to Portugal, but he had proved that it was possible to sail around the world.

Details the life and expeditions of Ferdinand Magellan, describing his childhood, ocean voyages fraught with mutiny, tribal wars, and disease; and his leadership on the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe; and includes a chronology, a time line, and glossary.

A description of the life and voyage of the sixteenth-century Portuguese sea captain who commanded the first expedition to sail around the world.

Examines the accomplishments of Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese sailor who in 1519 set out to discover a westward route through the Americas to the East Indies.

Details the story of the first circumnavigation of the world by Ferdinand Magellan in the early sixteenth century.