Ferdinand Magellan
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Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer best known for planning and leading the 1519–1522 Spanish expedition to the East Indies. During this expedition, he became the first European to encounter
Portrait, c. 1550–1625
House in Sabrosa, Portugal. In the region, there is a belief that Magellan was born there.
Magellan's Cross in present-day Cebu
The original image of Santo Niño de Cebú, an image of the Child Jesus given by Magellan to the Cebuanos, now enshrined at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño.
Juan Sebastián Elcano
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Juan Sebastián Elcano was a Spanish navigator, ship-owner and explorer best known for having completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth in the ship Victoria on the Magellan expedition to the Sp
Ferdinand Magellan
…known European contact with the Philippines. Magellan was killed in battle in the Philippines in 1521, but his crew, commanded by Spanish navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano, completed the return trip to Spain in 1522, achieving the first circumnavigation of Earth in history. Born around 1480 into a family of minor Portuguese…
Juan Sebastián Elcano, in a 19th-century anonymous portrait
Modern engraving of Elcano, c. 1854
House where Elcano is said to have been born. Although there is presently a plaque there that alleges such, it is unlikely.
Nao Victoria, a replica of Elcano's ship, in Punta Arenas in southern Chile.