The Trinidad tried to recross the Pacific, but was forced back by headwinds to the Moluccas, where she was captured by a Portuguese squadron. Victoria with her valuable cargo, under a Basques captain Sebastian Del Cano, had touched Timor, and then crossed the Indian Ocean early in 1522. She rounded Cape of Good Hope in May. In a final run to Spain the Victoria anchored in Seville on September 8, 1522, after 3 years at sea. The cargo of the Victoria was sold for enough money to pay for the expedition! Del Cano was rewarded with a pension. Pigaffeta presented to Charles V his diary, or a copy of it, whereabouts is not known today. He visited Portugal, where he gave the king a manuscript, then to France and gave it to Marie Louise, regent and mother of Francis I.
Bilang sagot naman sa dokumentong ginawa ni padre Rodriguez, si Del Pilar ay sumulat ng... "Caiigat Cayo" (Kadulas Kayo ng Igat") na kinagalit lalo ng mga pare at prayle kay Del Pilar. Kaya naman ang Kastilang Cortes ay inakusahan ng mapangganib na subersibo at paghuli kay Del Pilar, tuloy noong ika-28 ng Oktubre, 1888, si Marcelo H.del Pilar ay iniwan ang kaniyang mga mahal sa buhay at tumakas patungong Espana.