What is Ferdinand Magellan?
{{Infobox person | name = Ferdinand Magellan | image = Ferdinand Magellan.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Fernão de Magalhães | birth_date = 1480 | birth_place = [[Sabrosa]], [[Portugal]] | death_date = {{BirthDeathAge|df=yes| |1480| | |1521|04|27}} | death_place = [[Mactan]], [[Philippines]] killed By Lapulapu | nationality = [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] | known_for = The first to sail around the world. | signature = Magellan Signature.svg}} '''Ferdinand Magellan''' (1480 – 27 April 1521) was a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[explorer]]. He became the first European to sail the [[Pacific Ocean]], and the first to sail around the world. Magellan's voyage proved that the Earth was round.<ref>Nowell, Charles E. (ed) 1962. ''Magellan's voyage around the world: three contemporary accounts''. Evanston: NU Press.</ref>2 Born in 1480, his birthplace is recorded as either [[Sabrosa]] or [[Porto]] in [[Portugal]].<ref>Daniel Rogers, Magellan and da gama</ref> He worked in the royal court. Since his parents were members of the Portuguese nobility and after their deaths, Magellan became a page for the queen at the age of 10. In the royal court where he learned <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/ferdinand-magellan-9395202|title=Ferdinand Magellan|website=Biography|date=20 August 2020 }}</ref> many important skills, including map making, [[navigation]] and [[astronomy]]. In 1505 he joined the navy. When he worked for Portugal, he went to many parts of the world, such as [[India]], the [[Spice Islands]], [[East Africa]], and [[Morocco]]. When in Morocco in 1513 Magellan was wounded, and walked the remainder of his life with a limp. After he lost his job for the King of Portugal, he went to work for the King of Spain. He was also the first to sail through the [[Strait of Magellan]], so it was named after him. Magellan himself was killed in the [[Philippines]], on 27 April 1521 in Mactan during a battle with the natives after he was accused of stealing. [[Charles V of Spain]] provided him with five ships fo