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First Documented Maritime Circumnavigation of Earth

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1522

Nao Victoria

Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Andalusia, Spain

Ferdinand Magellan led a fleet westward from Spain in 1519. On 6 September 1522, Juan Sebastián Elcano returned aboard Victoria to Sanlúcar de Barrameda, completing the first documented maritime circumnavigation; the vessel reached Seville on 8 September.

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