This slideshow is made by pupils at Primary School in Zawiercie, Poland

1. Author : Angelika Owcarz Ferdinand Magellanic

4. When Ferdinand was 10 years old, his parents died. When he was 12 years old, he was an assistant at the court of King John II in Lisbon. His favourite subjects were always geography and history. The young years . . .

7. His great act . . .

8. Continuation of trip… . In 1519-1521 Magellan was the first who sailed around the Earth, which made it possible to state that the Earth had a spherical shape. Magellanic's intention was to discover the southern part of America. He wanted to reach India. Magellan with five ships and 265 crew members went from Spain and in October 1520 he reached the strait which separates the earth from the South America. The strait was named after his name.

9. Ferdinand’s ship . Then, he sailed on the great sea, which he called the Pacific Ocean. Magellan was killed in a skirmish with the natives in the Philippines but the ship managed to return to Spain after three years of shipping.

10. This is a memorial of discoverers and missionaries (Magellanic is among them). The monumnt is located in Belém – a district of Lisbon.

11. Thank you for watching my gallery PRODUCED BY ANGELA OWCARZ ZS G i SP nr 13 ZAWIERCIE, POLAND