1. 1. JUAN SEBASTIAN ELKANO
2. 2. BIOGRAPHY Juan SebastianElcano was fromGetaria, Guipuzkoa.He was born in 1474 He was a Basqueexplorer whocompleted the firstcircumnavigation ofthe world.
3. 3. He set sail with fiveships ; theconcepcin, SanAntonio, Trinidad andVictoria with a fleet of241 men from Spain. The fleet sailedacross the AtlanticOcean to the easterncoast of Brazil andinto Argentina.
4. 4. Several days later In 1520, three shipsthey discovered aset sail for the Pacificpassage known as Ocean and about 19the strait of Magellan men died before theylocated in the reached Guam insouthern tip of south1521.America and sailedthrough the strait.
5. 5. In 1525, Elcano wentback to sea, but in1526 other sailorsand himself died inthe Pacific Ocean.
6. 6. JUAN SEBASTIAN ELCANO