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.
