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Definition of Fernao Magalhaes
1. Noun. Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fernao Magalhaes
Literary usage of Fernao Magalhaes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1895)
"... but a Portuguese by birth and education, and named originally Fernao Magalhaes.
It may seem strange that a monarchy so ancient and so illustrious should ..."
2. History and Ethnography of Africa South of the Zambesi: From the Settlement by George McCall Theal (1907)
"Among these were Luis Mendes de Vasconcellos, Antonio de Sousa, and Fernao
Magalhaes who afterwards entered the service of Castile and discovered the strait ..."
3. The Beginning of South African History by George McCall Theal (1902)
"Among these were Luis Mendes de Vasconcellos, Antonio de Sousa, and Fernao
Magalhaes who afterwards entered the service of Castile and discovered the strait ..."
4. History with a Match: Being an Account of the Earliest Navigators and the by Hendrik Willem Van Loon (1917)
"Such a man was Fernao Magalhaes or Ferdinand Magellan, as we call him. He was a
Portuguese navigator who had spent many years in the Indies. ..."
5. The Romance of Discovery: Being an Account of the Earliest Navigators and by Hendrik Willem Van Loon (1917)
"Such a man was Fernao Magalhaes or Ferdinand Magellan, as we call him. He was a
Portuguese navigator who had spent many years in the Indies. ..."
6. The Spanish Pioneers by Charles Fletcher Lummis (1893)
"Fernao Magalhaes, whom we know as Ferdinand Magellan, was born in Portugal in
1470; and on reaching manhood adopted the seafaring life, ..."
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