Magalhaes
FERDINAND (mä-gäl- 189 FERDINAND MAGELLAN yä'ens), a celebrated Portuguese navigator; born in Saboroso, Portugal, MAGI about 1480. In 1520 he discovered and passed the straits which have since been called by his name and was the first to circumnavigate the world. His services not being valued by his own country, he offered them to Charles V. of Spain, who intrusted him with a fleet destined to attempt a W. passage to the Moluccas; hence his discovery. He was slain in a skirmish with the natives on Mactan, one of the Philippine Islands, April 27, 1521.