FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH EXPLORERS
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Detailed explanation-1: -In September 1519, Magellan set sail from Spain with five ships. Three years later only one ship, the Victoria (depicted on a 1590 map), made it back to Spain after circumnavigating the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the end, only the Victoria completed the voyage around the world and arrived back in Seville, Spain, in September 1522 with a heavy cargo of spices but with only 18 men from the original crew, including Italian scholar and explorer Antonio Pigafetta.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1522, three years after the expedition began, Elcano returned to Spain with only 17 crew members and only one of Magellan’s five ships.
Detailed explanation-4: -Only one ship of the original five-and only 18 men of the original 270-survived the voyage. Among them was Antonio Pigafetta, a scholar who had kept a detailed diary of the expedition.