<Li> The 18 survivors , led by Juan Sebastián Elcano , of Ferdinand Magellan 's Castilian ( ' Spanish ' ) expedition ( which began with 5 ships and 270 men ) ; 1519 -- 1522 ; westward from Spain ; in Victoria . After Magellan was killed by people of the Philippines Lapu - Lapu on 27 April 1521 , the circumnavigation was completed under the command of the Basque Spanish seafarer Juan Sebastián Elcano who returned to Sanlúcar de Barrameda , Spain , on 6 September 1522 , after a journey of 3 years and 1 month . These men were the first to circumnavigate the globe in a single expedition . </Li>
<Li> The 18 survivors , led by Juan Sebastián Elcano , of Ferdinand Magellan 's Castilian ( ' Spanish ' ) expedition ( which began with 5 ships and 270 men ) ; 1519 -- 1522 ; westward from Spain ; in Victoria . After Magellan was killed by people of the Philippines Lapu - Lapu on 27 April 1521 , the circumnavigation was completed under the command of the Basque Spanish seafarer Juan Sebastián Elcano who returned to Sanlúcar de Barrameda , Spain , on 6 September 1522 , after a journey of 3 years and 1 month . These men were the first to circumnavigate the globe in a single expedition . </Li>
who carried out the first circumnavigation of the world
who carried out the first circumnavigation of the world
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Juan Sebastián Elcano