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
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.
Victoria (ship)
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Victoria or Nao Victoria was a carrack famed as the first ship to successfully circumnavigate the world. Victoria was part of the Spanish expedition to the Moluccas commanded by the Portuguese explore
Juan Sebastián Elcano
…4 August 1526) 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 Spice Islands. He received recognition for his achievement by Charles I of Spain with a coat of arms bearing a globe…
Replica of Victoria, built in 1992, visiting Nagoya, Japan, for Expo 2005
1992 replica of Nao Victoria during "Escale à Sète 2016" in Sète, Hérault, France