The first circumnavigation of the world from 1519 to 1522 is attributed to Ferdinand Magellan. Strictly speaking, this honor is not due to him, because Magellan, leader of the expedition, died in the Philippines as early as 1521.
Of the five ships that had left the port of Seville in August 1519 with around 240 men on board under the command of the Portuguese from a noble family, only one was supposed to return: the “Victoria”. The command of this ship was held by Sebastián de Elcano, who after many adventures – after storms, battles with locals, hardships, conflicts on board and with the Portuguese – brought the meager rest of the crew back to Spain. A key result of the 10,000-kilometer journey was the discovery of the passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Magellan himself could not enjoy the fame of what had been achieved. Because he died in the spring of 1521 when he wanted to militarily put the prince of a Philippine island in his place. However, the Europeans met combat-ready, well-armed warriors whose attacks, among other things, the expedition leader fell victim.
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