Planning of the first circumnavigation

Timeline

1. 1518Valladolid · CastileMagellan and astronomer Rui Faleiro proposed to the Castilian court a complete circumnavigation route: crossing the Atlantic westward, entering the Pacific through an unknown strait, reaching the Moluccas, and returning westward to Spain.
2. 1518Spain · SpainThe crown formally signed the expedition contract, promising shares of spoils and titles of nobility as rewards, authorizing the fleet's formation and crew recruitment, laying the institutional and material groundwork for departure the following year.