<P> The first single voyage of global circumnavigation was that of the ship Victoria , between 1519 and 1522 , known as the Magellan -- Elcano expedition . It was a Castilian ( Spanish ) voyage of discovery , led initially by Ferdinand Magellan between 1519 and 1521 , and then by the Basque Juan Sebastián Elcano from 1521 to 1522 . The voyage started in Seville , crossed the Atlantic Ocean , and after several stopovers rounded the southern tip of South America where the expedition discovered the Strait of Magellan , named after the fleet 's captain . It then continued across the Pacific discovering a number of islands on its way , including Guam before arriving in the Philippines . After Magellan 's death in the Philippines in 1521 , Elcano took command of the expedition and continued the journey across the Indian Ocean , round the Cape of Good Hope , north along the Atlantic Ocean , and back to Spain in 1522 . Elcano and a small group of 18 men were actually the only members of the expedition to make the full circumnavigation . </P>
<P> The first single voyage of global circumnavigation was that of the ship Victoria , between 1519 and 1522 , known as the Magellan -- Elcano expedition . It was a Castilian ( Spanish ) voyage of discovery , led initially by Ferdinand Magellan between 1519 and 1521 , and then by the Basque Juan Sebastián Elcano from 1521 to 1522 . The voyage started in Seville , crossed the Atlantic Ocean , and after several stopovers rounded the southern tip of South America where the expedition discovered the Strait of Magellan , named after the fleet 's captain . It then continued across the Pacific discovering a number of islands on its way , including Guam before arriving in the Philippines . After Magellan 's death in the Philippines in 1521 , Elcano took command of the expedition and continued the journey across the Indian Ocean , round the Cape of Good Hope , north along the Atlantic Ocean , and back to Spain in 1522 . Elcano and a small group of 18 men were actually the only members of the expedition to make the full circumnavigation . </P>
who completed the first circumnavigation of the world
who completed the first circumnavigation of the world
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Juan Sebastián Elcano