1) What is the name of your explorer?FERDINAND MAGELLAN.

2) Where was your explorer born? Where did he live? 1480,Sabrosa Portugal.

3)Find as much information about your explorers travels.Include pictures and maps.On 20TH of september 1519, Magellan left Spain with 277 men and 5 ships :Trininad, Vittoria, santiago, Concepcion and the San Antonio.The fleet crossed the Atlantic ocean and sailed down the coast of South America .Magellan was searching for a narrow strait leading from the Atlantic into the pacific.

4)Draw a picture of your explorer.

5)Find out as much information about the ship/boat your explorer used for their journeys.The boat Magellan used for most of his journeys was The Conception.Which he       used to sail around the world.

6)Has anything tragic ever hapened to your explorer?How did he die?Sadly Magellan was killed fighting a war in the Phillipenes.

             by Jordan.S.                  these pages proof read by Martin.D.

         e-mail me at  sixth@hcsp.schools.sa.edu.au