The song is 'Over the oceans' - a celebration of the extraordinary achievements of both sailors. The song has three verses: Verse 1 - Christopher Columbus; Verse 2 - Ferdinand Magellan ...

Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines as he attempted to expand Spanish colonization in the region.

They argue that Ferdinand Magellan, the commander of the first ... The proposal to erase his accomplishments from astronomy is controversial, as one cannot deny Magellan was a man of his time.

On March 6, 1521, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his Spanish crew landed in Guam in the Marianna chain of ...

April 26 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives of the Philippine Islands during his attempt to be the first to circumnavigate the ...

We meet our presenters, Jenny and Wayne, before setting our chronometers to travel to the year 1492 to meet Christopher Columbus. You must enable JavaScript to play ...