DREAM WALLPAPERS: Asian Spices

Sunday 10 June 2012

Asian Spices

Ferdinand Magellan was born in Porto, Portugal, in 1480. His parents were members of the Portuguese nobility, and the young Magellan found himself in the service of royalty at an early age. He was only twelve when he began serving the queen of Portugal as a page, a position of employment for youths in royal courts. As a young member of Queen Leonora's School of Pages in Lisbon (the Portuguese capital) Magellan was encouraged to learn subjects that would aid him greatly later, such as cartography (map making), astronomy, and celestial navigation (learning how to steer a ship based on the positions of the stars)