Magellan: The Circumnavigation and the Victory Given the Wrong Name
On 6 September 1522, the ship Victoria reached Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain. Only 18 men remained aboard. They had left Spain almost three years earlier with five ships and more than 200 sailors, sailing west toward the spice islands of Maluku. The expedition’s commander, Ferdinand Magellan, had died in the Philippines in April 1521. Juan Sebastián Elcano, a sailor who had once joined a revolt against Magellan, bro
On 6 September 1522, the ship Victoria reached Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain. Only 18 men remained aboard. They had left Spain almost three years earlier with five ships and more than 200 sailors, sailing west toward the spice islands of Maluku. The expedition’s commander, Ferdinand Magellan, had died in the Philippines in April 1521. Juan Sebastián Elcano, a sailor who had once joined a revolt against Magellan, brought Victoria home.
On 6 September 1522, the ship Victoria reached Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain. Only 18 men remained aboard. They had left Spain almost three years earlier with five ships and more than 200 sailors, sailing west toward the spice islands of Maluku. The expedition’s commander, Ferdinand Magellan, had died in the Philippines in April 1521. Juan Sebastián Elcano, a sailor who had once joined a revolt against Magellan, bro
On 6 September 1522, the ship Victoria reached Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain. Only 18 men remained aboard. They had left Spain almost three years earlier with five ships and more than 200 sailors, sailing west toward the spice islands of Maluku. The expedition’s commander, Ferdinand Magellan, had died in the Philippines in April 1521. Juan Sebastián Elcano, a sailor who had once joined a revolt against Magellan, bro
On 6 September 1522, the ship Victoria reached Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain. Only 18 men remained aboard. They had left Spain almost three years earlier with five ships and more than 200 sailors, sailing west toward the spice islands of Maluku. The expedition’s commander, Ferdinand Magellan, had died in the Philippines in April 1521. Juan Sebastián Elcano, a sailor who had once joined a revolt against Magellan, bro
On 6 September 1522, the ship Victoria reached Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain. Only 18 men remained aboard. They had left Spain almost three years earlier with five ships and more than 200 sailors, sailing west toward the spice islands of Maluku. The expedition’s commander, Ferdinand Magellan, had died in the Philippines in April 1521. Juan Sebastián Elcano, a sailor who had once joined a revolt against Magellan, bro