. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages. Ilililimiillllill!!!^^ ^^gs-r;^^^^, - ;=. TO IMagellan is usually, and in a cer-tain sense justly, given the creditof having first circumnavigated theglobe, for, though he perished beforethat great work was completely done,it was accomplished by the vesselswhich he had commanded. His nameis familiar in the partly Latinizedform, ]\Iagellan ; Fernando Magal-hsens is its more exact Portugueseform. He was born in the provinceof Alemtejo, in Portugal, about the year 1470. Havingentered the Portuguese navy, he served
. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages. Ilililimiillllill!!!^^ ^^gs-r;^^^^, - ;=. TO IMagellan is usually, and in a cer-tain sense justly, given the creditof having first circumnavigated theglobe, for, though he perished beforethat great work was completely done,it was accomplished by the vesselswhich he had commanded. His nameis familiar in the partly Latinizedform, ]\Iagellan ; Fernando Magal-hsens is its more exact Portugueseform. He was born in the provinceof Alemtejo, in Portugal, about the year 1470. Havingentered the Portuguese navy, he served for five years in theEast Indies, under Alfonso Albuquerque, and greatly distin-guished himself at the taking of Malacca in 1511. But, hismerits being overlooked, he became dissatisfied, and returningto Europe, sought employment in the service of Spain. These two nations were now engrossing maritime dis-covery, and so numerous and active were the navigatorsof the respective services that the claim of priority was oftendifficult to settle. But by the amicable arrangement made in1494, all the lands west of a meridian pas
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