Juan Sebastián Elcano

c. 1486–1526

Spanish navigator who completed the first circumnavigation.

Juan Sebastián Elcano (c. 1486–1526) was an explorer, born in Getaria and died in Pacific Ocean.

Known as: Explorer
Category: Explorers
Born: c. 1486, Getaria
Died: 1526, Pacific Ocean

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Alive at the same time as Juan Sebastián Elcano

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Erasmus 1466–1536, humanist
Guru Nanak 1469–1539, religious leader
Albrecht Dürer 1471–1528, artist
Michelangelo 1475–1564, artist
Francisco Pizarro c. 1478–1541, conquistador
Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478–1546, admiral
Ferdinand Magellan c. 1480–1521, explorer
Martin Luther 1483–1546, religious leader
Hernán Cortés 1485–1547, conquistador
Jacques Cartier 1491–1557, explorer

Portrait: Unknown author, Public domain.