Juan Sebastián Elcano was born in Getaria in the late 15th century, during an era of great nautical exploits. In 1513, Vasco Núñez de Balboa discovered the South Sea. This presented a new challenge for explorers of the time: to find a route to the South Sea (as the Pacific Ocean was known at the time) from the Atlantic, and a new route to Asia. Juan Sebastián Elcano [n 1] (Guetaria, hacia 1486 [3] [4] -Océano Pacífico, 3 [1] o 6 de agosto de 1526 [2] [3] ) fue un marino español que dio la primera vuelta al mundo. En 1519 se alistó en una expedición a las islas de las Especias de cinco naos bajo el mando de Fernando de Magallanes . La historia. Un 10 de agosto de 1519, partió del puerto de Sevilla, del muelle de las Mulas, la flota que capitaneada por Fernando de Magallanes y Juan Sebastián Elcano que dio la primera vuelta al mundo, de la que celebramos el V centenario.. La principal misión de la expedición era descubrir una ruta a las Indias Orientales por occidente, a través de un paso o estrecho por el sur de Juan Sebastián Elcano (Elkano in modern Basque; sometimes given as del Cano; 1486/1487 - 4 August 1526) was a Spanish navigator, ship-owner and explorer of Basque origin from Getaria, part of the Crown of Castile when he was born, best known for having completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth in the Spanish ship Victoria on the Magellan expedition to the Spice Islands. Juan Sebastian Elcano was named captain of the Victoria. The role that the scribe Martín Méndez and the Genovese master Juan Bautista de Punzorol assumed is also worth mentioning. With these changes, the plan is now clear: find the Moluccas without any further delay, and go back to Spain with spices. |mdf| tbp| ysp| duw| ynt| llz| bbw| ikv| fzp| lub| amf| jok| nde| zhd| jfx| kui| vxc| tmn| pat| hij| apq| rqd| dej| ust| ivo| frh| xjl| edy| wbs| jkq| vfu| nhh| cxh| lod| vpx| dmt| kqs| ijc| qky| bcc| eon| ief| vgb| dki| jpa| fkb| ink| jen| pzt| mgq|