Juan Sebastián Elcano by Francesc Font, 1884
Casa Olano (Edifici Elcano)
Passeig de Gràcia
Barcelona, March 2017
“Juan Sebastián Elcano (1486/1487 – 4 August 1526) was a Castilian navigator of Basque origin best known for having completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth in the ship Victoria on the Spanish expedition to the Spice Islands. He received recognition for his achievement by the emperor Charles V with the coat of arms reading ‘primus circumdedisti me’. Following his success, the emperor entrusted him with another large expedition to the Spice Islands headed by a nobleman, García Jofre de Loaisa, which could not complete its goal. Elcano died on the Pacific Ocean during this venture.” (Juan Sebastián Elcano, Wikipedia)
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