# Juan Sebastián Elcano

> He finished what Magellan started — and died trying. Elcano brought the *Victoria* home in 1522, the first ship to circle the globe, a feat so singular that Charles I gave him a coat of arms with the world on it and a Latin boast: "You were the first to circumnavigate me."

*Castillian Basque sailor, explorer, and circumnavigator with the Magellan Expedition*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Spain
- **Born:** 1486-11-30
- **Died:** 1526-08-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in the Basque country in 1486 or 1487, Elcano became a navigator and ship-owner before joining Magellan's expedition to the Spice Islands. When Magellan was killed in the Philippines, Elcano took command of the *Victoria* and piloted her across the Indian Ocean, around Africa, and back to Spain in 1522 — the first vessel to complete a circumnavigation. Charles I rewarded him with a globe-bearing coat of arms and the motto *Primus circumdedisti me*. Four years later the king sent him on a second expedition to the Spice Islands under García Jofre de Loaisa. He died of scurvy in the Pacific on 4 August 1526, the mission unfinished. For three centuries after, historians barely wrote about him.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 62.5 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 24.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 45.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Historical Figures, #Scientist, #Chemistry, #Spain, #Europe, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
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