Juan Sebastián Elcano

Spanish seafarer and circumnavigator

Juan Sebastián Elcano (Elkano in modern Basque; also known as del Cano; 1486/1487 – 4 August 1526) 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 Spice Islands. The expedition had orders to return through the Pacific Ocean, remaining in the Spanish hemisphere. Elcano's decision to continue westward across the Indian Ocean led to the circumnavigation.

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