Leonardo Da Vinci and Ferdinand Magellan Leonardo Da Vinci and Ferdinand Magellan lived in lives that were both very similar and different to each other. First off, Da Vinci was a famous scientist, inventor, and artist while Magellan was known as a famous explorer who wanted to sail around the world. Da Vinci was born into an average family, while Magellan was born into a noble one. Both of these men helped the world in …showed first 75 words of 1014 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1014 total…look up to him. I know that I definitely do. Being that Da Vinci seems like a down to earth kind of guy, again I think that he is more important to the development of man kid. He explored different areas that possibly wouldn't have been developed at all. So many advances in technology are due to Leonardo. If it wasn't for him, I don't think that we would be where we are today knowledge-wise.