Junior Cert People in History
Junior Cert People in History
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What is History?
The Historian
A Museum Curator
An Archeologist on a Dig
Ancient Rome
Roman Soldier
Child
Slave
Gladiator
Ancient Ireland
Mesolithic Ireland First Settles
A person in Neolithic Ireland
A Person in Bronze Age Ireland
Celtic Warrior
Celtic Druid
An Early Christian Ireland Monk
Medieval Ireland
Medieval Lord
Medieval Knight
Medieval Serf
The Renaissance
William Shakespere
Leonardo Da Vinci
Lorenzo De Medici
Raphael
Galileo Galilei
Michaelanglo
The Age of Exploration
Vasco Di Gama
Christopher Columbas
Ferdinand Magellan
FERDINAND magellan
ferdinand magallen was born in Sabrosa or Porto Portugal in 1480
He was an explorer
He led the first voyage around the world
He loved travelling
His parents died when he was 10
He became a page when he was 10
In his mid 20 he joined a Portuguese fleet that sailed to East Africa
In 1517 he moved to Seville, Spain to offer his skills to the Spanish court
While serving in Morocco , he was wounded and for the rest of his life he walked with a limp
He died in a war in the Philippines in April 27 1521