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Travel The last artists crafting a Thai royal treasure. Subscriber Exclusive Content. Magellan was sponsored by Spain to travel west across the Atlantic in search of the East Indies. In doing so, his expedition became the first from Europe to cross the Pacific Ocean and circumnavigate the world. Magellan was born in Portugal and was a successful explorer and navigator. He wanted to reach South-East Asia, where spices grew and gems were to be found, by sailing westwards across the Atlantic Ocean.
He hoped to find a passage through South America so that he could sail all the way from the Atlantic to the ocean beyond the Americas now known as the Pacific. He left Spain in with five ships and about men. Magellan found the strait that is now named after him, but only by chance. He also explored the islands of present-day Indonesia as far east as the Moluccas also known as the Spice Islands.
In , Magellan returned to Lisbon, and the following year, he was wounded during an expedition to Morocco, which left him with a permanent limp. After a disagreement with the Portuguese king, in Magellan went to Spain to try and enlist the Spanish king's support for an expedition to reach the Moluccas by sailing westwards. The Spanish wanted a share in the valuable spice trade from the Moluccas, but the Portuguese controlled the eastwards route round southern Africa.
Magellan was successful and in September set out with a fleet of five vessels. In spite of a mutinous crew, rough weather, scurvy, a desperate lack of provisions and unknown waters, Magellan managed to cross the Atlantic and navigate through the straits at the southern point of South America which were later named after him.
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