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OCR: Ferdinand Magellan (1480 1521) Magellan was westward After establishing ties Portuguese navigator who with local chief, he was killed headed the first fleet EC in skirmish defending the circumnavigate the globe He was chief's interests One of his ships motivated by a belief that there did return to Spain however, was way through or around the having sailed around the world Americas to the East Indies Sailing for King Charles Spain he crossed the Atlantic, landing on the coast of Brazil Eventuall he would find the straits through the mainland that now bear Magellan's name. Crossing the Pacific in 1521 he reached Guam and then the Philippines. With this, he had at last succeeded reaching the Tast by sailing vigator circumna vigate