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The Magellan-Elcano expedition completed the first globe circumnavigation

Juan Sebastian Elcano brought the Victoria home to Spain in 1522

Commanded initially by Ferdinand Magellan in 1519, five Spanish ships set out to find a western passage to the Spice Islands. Though Magellan died in the Philippines in 1521, Basque navigator Juan Sebastian Elcano guided the single surviving ship, Victoria, back to Spain in 1522 to complete the first global maritime lap.

WV banner Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation Map of the Pacific from 1589 — Abraham Ortelius (1527–1598) · Public domain · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Juan Sebastian Elcano brought the Victoria home to Spain in 1522. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a history fact?: Yes. It sits on the History shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.