Ferdinand Magellan was born in Sabrosa, Portugal. He received an excellent education and in 1519, he embarked on his most famous mission, with a fleet of 5 ships carrying about 270 men, in order to search for the East Indies. After crossing the Atlantic Ocean, he found a passage through South America, now known as the “Straits of Magellan”. The ocean “Pacific” was named by him, as it was very calm & “peaceful” when he entered it. His expedition became the first one from Europe, which crossed the Pacific Ocean and circumnavigated the world, confirming the revolutionary idea that the world was round and not flat. Magellan died in 1521, in the Philippines, after a fight with islanders. Eventually, his expedition was completed in 1522 by his second-in-command, Juan Sebastian de Elcano, having covered ~42.000 miles in total!