Ferdinand Magellan Interactive Biography
By Micah's Learning Resources
He commanded the first fleet to sail around the world, though he did not live to finish it. This interactive biography gives students the full Ferdinand Magellan: a Portuguese nobleman who fought for Spain, navigated the treacherous strait that still carries his name, and crossed an ocean so vast and empty that his crews ate rats and leather while their ships fell apart around them. What's Included: - Five life eras with public domain paintings and engravings, from the Portuguese court through the mutiny in Patagonia, the crossing of the Pacific, and the battle in the Philippines where he died - A dual-track timeline that sets Magellan's own life against the world he moved through: the Treaty of Tordesillas, the fall of Malacca, the Spanish conquests in the Americas - Three journeys drawn on a real world map with direction arrows and eight place markers, including the first passage through the Strait and the long empty track across the Pacific - A twenty-node connections web of the people, ships and events around him: King Charles I, Juan Sebastian Elcano, Enrique of Malacca, and the rival Portuguese court - Four primary sources with the evidence weighed for students, each paired with a caution about what the document can and cannot prove, plus close reading prompts - A fifteen-question check for understanding with explanations How It Works: One file. Open it in any browser on a laptop, Chromebook or tablet. Nothing to install, no student accounts, no prep. The map tab loads