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= ﻿ ﻿This is a webpage about Ferdinand Magellan.In 1480 Magellan was born ,and at the age of 10 his parents, when he turned 12 he became a page for the the queen Leonor.When he was a page he was in a good school with very good education.Ferdinand learned about the journeys of Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus.Later,he went on a military expidition that made him limp for the rest of his life.He first sailed in 1505,serving for Portugal.Magellan went to India with the crew of Franciscode Almeida. After a few years he decided that he wanted to go on the biggest trip of his life .In 1519 he set off for his major voyage.Later in April,27,1521 Magellan was killed in a phillipne island with a poison arrow shot to his feet. =