Juan Sebastian de Elcano, Habil Piloto y Argonauta inmortal por haber sido el primero que dió la vuelta al mundo. Nació en Guetaria, y murió en la mar del Sur en 1526

₱61,600.00

Author: Luis Fernandez Noseret [engr] / J. Lopez [drawing]

Publisher: from the "Serie Grabados de Español Ilustres".

Year: n.d. c.1789-1814].

Size: 36.2 x 25.4 cm

1 in stock

Description

copper engraving.

VERY RARE portrait of Juan Sebastian del Cano, then Elcano [1486-1526], Ferdinand Magellan’s navigator. After Magellan was killed in the Philippines he brought one of Magellan’s ships, the Victoria, back to Sanlucar de Barrameda with 18 surviving men, arriving on Sept. 6, 1522, after a journey of 3 years and 1 month. Thus, Elcano rather than Magellan, has the distinction of being the world’s first circumnavigator.