Juan Sebastián Elcano
Castillian Basque sailor, explorer, and circumnavigator with the Magellan Expedition
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Updated 2026-05-29
Took over the Victoria mid-expedition and became the first person to actually finish sailing around the world. Elcano's reward: a coat of arms with a globe and some Latin flex from Charles I of Spain.
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Juan Sebastián Elcano 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.
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