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Juan Sebastián Elcano
December 9, 1486 – August 4, 1526
Spanish seafarer and circumnavigator
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Juan Sebastián Elcano was a Spanish navigator, ship-owner and explorer best known for having completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth in the ship Victoria on the Magellan expedition to the Spice Islands. He received recognition for his achievement by Charles I of Spain with a coat of arms bearing a globe and the Latin motto Primus circumdedisti me.
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- Birthday · December 9
- Anniversary · August 4
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