Project Gutenberg 2011-10-21 Public domain in the USA. 538 Butterworth, Hezekiah 1839 1905 Merrill, Frank T. 1848 1923 Merrill, F. T. Merrill, Frank Thayer The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Charlene Taylor, Eric Skeet, Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was made using scans of public domain works from the University of Michigan Digital Libraries.) "The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines" by Hezekiah Butterworth is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The narrative chronicles the remarkable life and voyages of Ferdinand Magellan, detailing both his groundbreaking discoveries and the challenges he faced during his expeditions, particularly focusing on the exploration of the Philippines. The book aims to present Magellan's heroic character and passionate quest for discovery in an engaging manner suitable for readers of all ages, especially families and students. At the start of the story, the focus is on the early life of Ferdinand Magellan, detailing his desire for exploration and the circumstances that led him to seek a royal commission from Spain after being rejected by Portugal. The narrative highlights an early royal order demanding the removal of his family's coat of arms due to his defection to Spain. As Magellan’s aspirations begin to unfold, the opening also introduces notable figures, such as his friend Francisco Serrao and the astronomer Ruy Faleiro, who support his vision of finding a shorter route to the Spice Islands. Butterworth's portrayal of these foundational moments sets the stage for an epic journey filled with ambition, adventure, and the pursuit of discovery against the backdrop of political intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Natural history -- Juvenile literature Explorers -- Juvenile literature Magalhães, Fernão de, -1521 -- Juvenile literature Sailors -- Juvenile literature Philippines -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature PZ Text Travel Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 372152 372086 2024-10-16T05:19:33.576234 2023-09-16T11:35:07.100204 text/html text/html 375039 2021-01-08T05:43:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1512848 2021-01-08T05:43:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1645121 2024-10-16T05:19:44.560108 application/epub+zip 1648029 2024-10-16T05:19:38.020158 application/epub+zip 199899 2024-10-16T05:19:36.366164 application/epub+zip 1912001 2024-10-16T05:19:48.924102 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1882810 2024-10-16T05:19:43.217158 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 408803 2022-09-17T10:02:17.697675 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 327015 326754 2024-10-16T05:19:32.342206 2023-09-16T11:35:06.101170 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 326822 2021-01-08T05:43:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 123260 2021-01-08T05:43:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 326834 2021-01-08T05:43:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 123199 2021-01-08T05:43:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23962 2024-10-16T05:19:49.064086 application/rdf+xml 22999 2024-10-16T05:19:36.941138 image/jpeg 4826 2024-10-16T05:19:36.657141 image/jpeg 1638307 2024-10-16T05:19:33.683170 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia