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.
Magellan expedition
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The Magellan expedition, sometimes termed the Magellan–Elcano expedition, was a 16th-century Spanish expedition planned and initially led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and completed by the
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 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…
King Charles of Spain was 18 years old when he agreed to finance Magellan's expedition to the Spice Islands in 1518. Painting by Bernard van Orley, c. 1517.
Ferdinand Magellan, leader and captain-general of the expedition
A modern replica of the Victoria in the Nao Victoria Museum, Punta Arenas, Chile