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Magellan–Elcano voyage
18 survivors
First circumnavigation of the Earth, 1519 to 1522
Confirmed
Five ships and about 270 men set out. One ship, the Victoria, led by Juan Sebastián Elcano, returned to Spain on 6 September 1522 with 18 survivors. Magellan died in the Philippines in 1521.