Juan Sebastián Elcano was a Spanish navigator, ship-owner and explorer of Basque origin from Getaria, part of the Crown of Castile when he was born, best known for having completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth in the Spanish ship Victoria on the Magellan expedition to the Spice Islands. He received recognition for his achievement by Charles I of Spain with a coat of arms bearing a globe and the Latin motto Primus circumdedisti me.
Modern engraving of Elcano
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.
Cloves, the main object of the expedition.
Getaria is a town on the Urola coast, in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in northern Spain. It borders Zarautz to the east and Zumaia to the west.
Getaria view from the sea