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[dourtarin]

Summary:

Magellan a protugalian person started his voyage from Spain to Atlantic Ocean, Brazil and southern Argentina then he moved distance about 360 miles long until reached to Pacific Ocean that now we called it Magellan’s strait. After sailed the Pacific Ocean they didn’t see any lands but then 100 days they reached to Guam. When they reached to Philippine Magellan was killed. One ship of five ships without Magellan can sailed around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa and after short stay in Canary Islands back to Spain. It took these men over two years to sail around the world from 1519 until 1521
Magellan himself did not sail around the world but he proved the men could sail around the world and world is round.

[extreme2006gh]

SAILING AROUND THE WORLD

Magellan's voyage proved the men could sail around the world . It proved that the world is round . Magellan was from Portugal . But he sailed for the king of Spain on September 20 , 1519 , he left Spain with five ships and 240 men . He thought he could reach the Spice Islands of the East by sailing West . but he didn't know that the world was so big . he didn't know that there was a great ocean between America and Asia . Let's follow Magellan's voyage on a map of the world . We'll start at Spain . Magellan started there . It took him over 2 months to cross the Atlantic Ocean . In November , Magellan first saw the coast of Brazil in South America to the La Plata River . In March of 1540 , he arrived in southern Argentina . There he stayed for the winter . When spring came , he sailed again , and in October he discovered a strait . We now call the strait the Strait of Magellan . It is 360 miles long . It took Magellan thirty-eight days to sail through this strait and into another ocean . Magellan called it the Pacific Ocean because it looked so calm . The word Pacifico means calm in Spanish . After Magellan and his men sailed in to the Pacific , they didn't see any land for almost 100 days . They ran out of food and had to eat oxhides , sawdust and rats . At last they saw the island of Guam . They stopped there and found food and water . Again they sailed west , and in April of 1521 they reached the Philippine Islands . Magellan was killed there . He himself did not sail around the world . But some of his men did . Only one of the five ships with thirty-one men returned to Spain . This ship sailed around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa stopped for a short time at the Canary Islands , and arrived in Spain on December 21 , 1521 . It took these men over two years to sail around the world

New words
voyage : is a long journey on a ship
to cross : to pass
strait : a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea
calm : being quiet and peaceful
they ran out of food : their food finished
ox hide : cow's hide
sawdust : the very fine fragments of wood which are produced when you saw wood
cape : a large piece of land that sticks out into the sea

Sorry I think that is 1521

[extreme2006gh]

Summary

Sailing around the world

Magellan is Portuguese. He decided to sail around the world. He sailed for the king of Spain. He started from Spain with 5 ships and 240 men, they passed the Atlantic ocean to the coast of Brazil in la plata, then they sailed to the southern of Argentina. They stayed there for the winter and in spring started sailing again. Magellan found a strait to the pacific ocean and they passed through it in 38 days. Because Magellan found the strait, it was called Magellan strait. After they passed through the strait, they reach to a ocean that they called it pacific, because it seemed calm and quiet. In this ocean they didn’t see any land for about 100 days. Next they arrived in Guam Island, then arrived in Philippine where Magellan was killed. Magellan couldn’t finish his trip around the world but some of his friends could. Only one ship and 31 men returned to Spain.



Voyage: We had a voyage last year when we were in kish Island.

To cross: a lot of cars cross the bridge every day.

Strait:

Calm: Our neighbourhood where we live is calm and quiet.

Run out of: Poor countries run out of food.

Oxhide: we can make shoes, leather, bag and … from oxhide.

Sawdust: there is much sawdust on the floor in a carpentry workshop.

Cape: There aren’t any capes in Caspian sea.

[Madame Tussaud]

Sorry I think that is 1521

I wrote this text from a reading book . I don't attention to the date that is true or not .Now , I look at the book again but I typed something that is in it !!!!
you're right it could not be correct that Magellan arrived in southern Argentina at 1540 whereas his men finished voyage on December 1521 .
However , thank you so much for your attention , my friend

[گیسو]

Sailing around the world

Although Magellant was from portuges but he sailed for the king of Spain. His cruise proved the men could sail around the world. He didn’t know the measurement of the world and a great ocean between America and Asia exactly so he wanted to sail East to West with five ships and 240 men. He stared at Spain and traversed the Atlantic Ocean, and then he arrived in southern Argentina and stayed there till spring. He sailed again and discovered the Strait. Then they embarked into another calm ocean so Magellan called it Pacific Ocean. They had no food and water for about 3 months. After they arrived Philippine Islands Magellan was killed there. Although he couldn’t sail the world but some of his fellow travelers with one ship return to Spain and did Magellan’s half done work.

Vocabulary
Voyage: crossing, cruise, passage
Coast: seashore, shoreline, seacoast, beach
Ox hide: cow’s skin
Sawdust: the very fine fragments of wood which are produced when you saw wood

[Madame Tussaud]

summery
A Portuguese man by the name of Magellan decided to sailing around the world. He and 240 men with five ships started their voyage at Spain. They crossed the Atlantic Ocean, visited Brazil, and sailed to the La Plata River. In winter, he stayed in Argentina and in spring he sailed again. He discovered a strait that we called it the Strait of Magellan, now. He named Pacific Ocean because of its calm. He couldn't finish his goal and killed in Philippine Islands. But his men got their goals after a lot of effort. It took 2 years to sail around the world.
New words
prove : true means to show definitely that it is true .
strait - ox hide - sawdust - cape

[brain]

Summary

Magellan is an explorer, a Portuguese man who left Spain with five ships and 240 men on September 20, 1519. He didn't know many things about the world, he thought the world is small but that was false and he saw the big world with his eyes. He discovered some places and called a name for them. One of them was Pacific Ocean because he thought it is calm. He discovered strait that we call it Magellan's Strait now. It is about 36 miles long. His voyage took some months. In one of his place that he reached, he was killed but his other friends kept on the trip and came back to Spain on December 21, 1521. The Mallegan's voyage proved that the world is round and big

New Words
voyage
prove
strait
ox hide
sawdust
cape

[rayhaneh]

Summery
Magellan was a Portuguese explorer. He wanted to travel around the world by sailing from west to east on ship. He started his voyage from Spain and then by crossing Atlantic and Pacific Ocean he reached to Philippine islands. It was not so easy but an adventure full of dangers and difficulties. Once they forced to eat even oxide or rat because they ran out of food and they were travelling in oceans where they had been seeing no islands for 100 days. Unfortunately he was killed in Philippine and out of 5 ships and 240 men of his company only 1 ship and 31 men were able to travel around the world and came back to Spain after 2 years of voyage. He was a very brave man and the Pacific Ocean was first named by him also a strain between South America and islands around it was named after him as Strain of Magellan.

New words
Strait: a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea
Ox hides: cow's hides
Hide:leather made by skin of animals
Cape: a large piece of land that sticks out into the sea

[armita2007]

Summary:


This reading is about the man called "Magellan" who could sail around the world with 5 ships and 240 men. Although he was killed in the Philippine Islands, his men went on this voyage. It took 2 years to reach their destination. Magellan discovered the world is around and also he called one of ocean "Pacific ocean". This proved that man could arrive what he wants.


New words:


Ox hide: skin of caw
Cape: point of land that projects out into a body of water
Strait: narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies
of water

[singleguy]

The story is about a group of men who sailed around the earth. Their boss was Magellan. First they crossed the Pacific Ocean. Then they arrived to Brazil and after that went to Argentina to stay there because of the winter. Magellan discovered a long strait which had to cross that. After that he arrived to an ocean and he called that, Pacific Ocean. They ran out of food and had to eat disgusting things in order to resist starving. Then they arrived to Philippine island where Magellan killed. So some of his men continued his way and went to Spain. It took the men more than 2 years to sail around the world