Ferdinand Magellan was born in Portugal into an influential ... It was not clear what he did, but he was away for eight years. In 1511, he joined Portuguese troops on a journey of conquest to ...

AROUND this time of year in 1521, the explorer Ferdinand Magellan was in ... to find new lands to conquer and exploit. Magellan himself early on joined the Portuguese explorations and conquests ...

The film stars acclaimed Mexican actor Gael García Bernal as the infamous 16th-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan ... where he met his end in the hands of Datu Lapu-Lapu’s warriors ...