juan sebastián elcano completed the first circumnavigation of the world.
juan sebastián elcano completed the first circumnavigation of the world.
who completed the first circumnavigation of the world?
juan sebastián elcano
the fleet sailed further and further south, avoiding the portuguese territories in brazil, and became the first to reach tierra del fuego at the tip of the americas. on october 21, starting in cape virgenes, they began an arduous trip through a 373-mile (600 km) long strait that magellan named "estrecho de todos los santos", the modern strait of magellan. on november 28, three ships entered the pacific ocean—then named "mar pacífico" because of its apparent stillness. the expedition managed to cross the pacific. magellan died in the battle of mactan in the philippines, leaving the spaniard juan sebastián elcano the task of completing the voyage, reaching the spice islands in 1521. on september 6, 1522 "victoria" returned to spain, thus completing the first circumnavigation of the globe. of the men who set out on five ships, only 18 completed the circumnavigation and managed to return to spain in this single vessel led by elcano. seventeen others arrived later in spain: twelve captured by the portuguese in cape verde some weeks earlier, and between 1525 and 1527, and five survivors of the "trinidad". antonio pigafetta, a venetian scholar and traveller who had asked to be on board and become a strict assistant of magellan, kept an accurate journal that become the main source for much of what we know about this voyage.
age of discovery
bullet::::- garcía de nodal; 1619; first circumnavigation of tierra del fuego.









































bullet::::- abel tasman; 1642–1643; first circumnavigation of the australian continent (including new guinea and tasmania).









































bullet::::- james cook; 1769–1770; first circumnavigation of new zealand.









































bullet::::- james cook; 1772–1775; first circumnavigation of antarctica (including new zealand's south island).









































bullet::::- george bass and matthew flinders; 1798; first circumnavigation of tasmania, australia.









































bullet::::- matthew flinders; 1801–1803; first circumnavigation of australia (without tasmania).









































bullet::::- fabian gottlieb von bellingshausen; 1820–1821; first circumnavigation of antarctica (without new zealand).
list of circumnavigations