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The document contains questions about Ferdinand Magellan's historic expedition, which was the first circumnavigation of the Earth. It asks details about the crew, route, hardships endured like lack of food, and interactions with native peoples they encountered.

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MAGELLAN EXPEDITION-Activity

The document contains questions about Ferdinand Magellan's historic expedition, which was the first circumnavigation of the Earth. It asks details about the crew, route, hardships endured like lack of food, and interactions with native peoples they encountered.

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MAGELLAN’S EXPEDITION

QUESTIONS:

1. Who had the right to venture into the unexplored regions of the South Seas
according to the Treaty of Tordesillas? =>
2. Did Spain make use of this right immediately? =>
3. What country had started laying down the foundations of a vast colonial empire
in the East? =>
4. When did Vasco da Gama arrive at Calicut, India?
5. Who acquired Goa and made it the capital of Portugal's colonial empire in the
East?
6. Who captured Malacca from the Malays in 1511?
7. When did Spain launch an expedition to the East?
8. Who was the captain of the Magellan expedition?
9. What are the two important source documents that tell the story of the
Magellan expedition?
10. Who wrote the story of the Magellan expedition using the notes he took during
the voyage?
11. Who wrote the first account to be published in Europe relative to the
Philippines?
12. How many men were in Magellan's fleet when it left the harbor of Seville?
13. Who plotted to kill the captain-general in the port of San Julian?
14. When did the fleet arrive at the entrance to the Strait of Magellan?
15. What did the men of the Magellan expedition eat for many days as they had
nothing else?
16. Why did the captain-general wish all the men to confess before the departure?
17. How long did the fleet stay in the port of San Julian?
18. What was the name of the river the fleet found after entering the Strait of
Magellan?
19. What did the men report after exploring the other sea through a well-equipped
boat?
20. What did the captain-general call the cape they found after exploring the other
opening toward the southwest?
21. What is the date when the Pacific Sea was entered by the voyagers?
22. How long were the voyagers without getting any fresh food?
23. What were the voyagers eating during the three months and twenty days in the
Pacific Sea?
24. What was the worst misfortune the voyagers encountered?
25. How many men died from the sickness that caused swollen gums?
26. What did the voyagers call the two desert islets they saw?
27. What did the voyagers find in the islands they named San Lazaros?
28. What are some of the things that the captain-general showed to the natives?
29. What did the natives bring to the voyagers when they returned?
30. How did the captain-general take care of the sick during their stay in the island?
31. What kind of cloth did the chiefs wear around their heads?
32. What did the natives use to protect themselves from the sun and wind?
33. What did the natives use for fishing?
34. What did the author fall into when he was on the ship's side to fish?
35. How was the author rescued when he fell into the sea?

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