Juan Sebastián Elcano
Also known as Juan Sebastián de Elcan, Juan Sebastian Elcano, Juan Sebastian de Elcan, Juan Sebastián del Cano, Juan Sebastián de Cano, Elcano, Elcano (explorer), Cano
Castillian Basque sailor, explorer, and circumnavigator with the Magellan Expedition
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Juan Sebastián Elcano was a Castilian Basque sailor and explorer who sailed with Ferdinand Magellan's famous expedition to circumnavigate the globe in the early 1500s. He is historically significant because he took command of the expedition after Magellan's death and successfully led the remaining ships back to Spain, completing the first circumnavigation of the world.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1476
- Died
- 1527
- Works
- 3
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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. He received recognition for his achievement by Charles I of Spain with a coat of arms bearing a globe and the Latin motto Primus circumdedisti me (You were the first to circumnavigate me).
Despite his achievements, information on Elcano is scarce and he is the subject of great historiographical controversy, because of the scarcity of original sources which illuminate his private life and personality. Even in Spain, for example, the first biographies about him were written in the second half of the 19th century, after three centuries of neglect by historians.