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
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
2011 replica of Nao Victoria built in Punta Arenas, Chile
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
Victoria (ship)
…their goal in the Moluccas. Thereafter, Victoria was the only ship to complete the return voyage, crossing uncharted waters of the Indian Ocean under Juan Sebastián de Elcano's command to sail around the world. She returned to Sanlúcar on 6 September 1522. Victoria was later repaired, bought by a merchant shipper and sailed…
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.