page_title: Juan Sebastián Elcano
section_title: Later years
hierarchical_section_title: Juan Sebastián Elcano / Later years
caption_attribution_description: Español: El buque escuela español Juan Sebastián de Elcano con la bandera de combate. English: The Juan Sebastián Elcano, training ship for the Spanish Navy, with battle flag.
context_page_description: Juan Sebastián Elcano was a Spanish explorer of Basque origin. He completed the first circumnavigation of the world started by Ferdinand Magellan. After Magellan's death in the Philippines, Elcano took command of the expedition and completed the voyage to Spain. The voyage proved that the Earth was round. When he returned to Spain the king gave Elcano his own Coat of arms. He also received a pension of 500 ducats.
context_section_description: He spent about three years at Valladolid. He fell in love with María Vidaurreta. Together they had a daughter. He joined the expedition of Garcia Jofre de Loaísa to colonize the Spice Islands. They left with seven ships and 450 men. the expedition was scattered by bad weather near Cape Horn. The expedition lost six of its seven ships. The remaining ship continued to the Spice Islands. On July 30, 1526 Loaísa died of scurvy. Elcano took command but he died of the disease himself on August 4, 1526.
caption: The Juan Sebastián Elcano, training ship for the Spanish Navy
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