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1519
START OF THE TRIP
Fernando de Magellanes set out on September 20, 1519, with a fleet made up of five ships and 250 men left the port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, in southern Spain, towards the Atlantic. -
1519
SEPTEMBER 26, 1519
He made his first stopover and traveled to Tenerife -
1519
DECEMBER 13, 1519
I arrived at the port of Santa Ana Lucia, today Rio de Janeiro and I stayed there for 3 days. -
1520
MARCH 31, 1520
One of the ships, planned a mutiny against Magellan, they rejected that a foreigner will lead the mission, Magellan, managed to control the situation. -
Oct 21, 1520
October 21, 1520
He managed to find a way to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, today known as the Strait of Magellan. -
1521
January 24, 1521
After 4 months crossing the ocean, he reached two uninhabited islets. -
Apr 27, 1521
April 27, 1521
He arrived in the Philippines and spent 6 months in the San Lorenzo Islands. -
Apr 27, 1521
1521
Magellanes died in combat on the island of Mactan.
He was the discoverer of the strait named after him, as well as of numerous islands in the Pacific, among which the Philippines stand out
