On 6 September 1522, Juan Sebastián Elcano and the remaining crew of Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition arrived in Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain aboard the vessel Victoria, almost exactly three years after they departed. The purpose of the expedition was to secure a maritime trade route with the Moluccas, or Spice Islands, in present-day Indonesia. Funded by King Charles I of Spain it […]
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