juan sebastián elcano led the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe at the beginning of the voyage.
juan sebastián elcano led the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe at the beginning of the voyage.
who led the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe at the beginning of the voyage?
juan sebastián elcano
timeline of the magellan–elcano circumnavigation









































the magellan–elcano circumnavigation was the first voyage around the world in human history. it was a spanish expedition that sailed from seville in 1519 under the command of ferdinand magellan, a portuguese explorer, in search of a maritime path to east asia through the americas and across the pacific ocean, and concluded by spanish navigator juan sebastian elcano in 1522. elcano and the 18 survivors of the expedition were the first men to circumnavigate the globe in a single expedition.
timeline of the magellan–elcano circumnavigation
the second voyage of james cook, from 1772 to 1775, commissioned by the british government with advice from the royal society, was designed to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible to finally determine whether there was any great southern landmass, or terra australis. on his first voyage, cook had demonstrated by circumnavigating new zealand that it was not attached to a larger landmass to the south, and he charted almost the entire eastern coastline of australia, yet terra australis was believed to lie further south. alexander dalrymple and others of the royal society still believed that this massive southern continent should exist. after a delay brought about by the botanist joseph banks' unreasonable demands, the ships "resolution" and "adventure" were fitted for the voyage and set sail for the antarctic in july 1772.
second voyage of james cook