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Juan Sebastián Elcano

Type Figure Region Spain Time c. 1476–1526 Also known as Juan Sebastián Elcano、Elcano、埃尔卡诺

Spanish Basque navigator and survivor of Magellan's circumnavigation expedition;…

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  1. c. 1490–1519Getaria · GipuzkoaBorn in the Basque coastal town of Getaria, he long engaged in Mediterranean and North Atlantic shipping and trade, accumulating rich navigational experience before being hired to join Magellan's expedition.
  2. 1519–1521Pacific Ocean · Pacific OceanSailing from Seville in 1519, the fleet passed through the Strait of Magellan into the Pacific; after Magellan was killed in Cebu in April 1521, Elcano kept the westward plan alive amid the fleet's division and losses.
  3. 1521–1522Sanlúcar de Barrameda · AndalusiaHe led the surviving crew back via the Moluccas, around the Cape of Good Hope through the Indian Ocean, reaching Spain in September 1522 and completing the first circumnavigation of the globe; Charles V granted him a coat of arms and an annuity.
  4. 1525–1526Pacific Ocean · Pacific OceanSent by Charles V to lead a fleet again to the Spice Islands, he was lost in the Pacific in 1526 and failed to repeat the circumnavigation feat.

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