3. 1. Early life
• Born in Guipúzcoa (1476)
• A huge experience as a sailor
• He took part of a military expedition (1509)
• Stablished in Seville
• Joined the Magellan expedition (1519)
4. 2. Magellan expedition
• Naval commander, 5 ships with a fleet of 241 men from Spain
• Dissatisfaction and severe weather
• 1521, conflicts with the nearby island of Rota
• April 1521, Magellan was killed in Filipinas
• Elcano leader of ship Victoria
• Arrived Molucas islands, began the return to Spain.
5. 3.Loaise expedition
• The García Jofre de Loaísa was a maritime spanish expedition (1525-
1536) In this expedition Elcano died by scurvy.
• It objetive was colonize the Moluccas isles, in Indonesia.
• The expedition was formed by seven ships and 450 men. Only 24 of them
survived.
• Three ships sunk before cross the streigh of
Magellan, and only one arrived to the Moluccas
Isles at last.
6. 4. Honors
• The king Charles the First gave to him 500 gold ducats and a shield
where we can read: “The first person who rounded me”, in latin.
• The Spanish Army has his name in it, as recognition.
