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
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
Victoria (ship)
…Nao Victoria (Spanish for "Victory") was a carrack famed as the first ship to successfully circumnavigate the world. Victoria was part of the Spanish expedition to the Moluccas (now Indonesia's Maluku Islands) commanded by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. The carrack (Spanish: nao) was built at a…
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.
Juan Sebastián Elcano, who led the return voyage to Spain
Ferdinand Magellan, leader and captain-general of the expedition
A modern replica of the Victoria in the Nao Victoria Museum, Punta Arenas, Chile