Fernão de Magalhães, was a Portuguese explorer. He was born in northern Portugal, and served King Charles I of Spain in search of a westward route to the "Spice Islands." Magellan's expedition of 1519–1522 became the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean The expedition completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth, despite Magellan being killed during the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines.