Victoria (ship)

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Victoria (or Nao Victoria) was the first ship to fully circumnavigate the world. The voyage was lead by Ferdinand Magellan and was accompanied by four other ships. Of this fleet of five, the Victoria was the only ship to complete the voyage. Magellan himself had been killed in the Philippines. This ship along with the others was given to Magellan by King Charles V of Spain. The Victoria was named after the church of Santa Maria de la Victoria de Triana, where Magellan took an oath of allegiance to King Charles V in order to be granted full access to the Spice Islands.^{[citation needed]}

The four other ships were the following: the Trinidad (tonnage 110, crew 55), the San Antonio (tonnage 120, crew 60), the Concepción (tonnage 90, crew 45) and the Santiago (tonnage 75, crew 32). The Trinidad was Magellan's flagship. It, the Concepcion and the Santiago were wrecked or scuttled; the San Antonio deserted the expedition before the Straits of Magellan and returned to Europe on its own.^{[citation needed]}

Victoria was classified as a carrack or nao (ship), as were all the others except Trinidad, which was a caravel.

Contents 1 Crew 2 Returning Crew 3 Voyage 4 References

[edit] Crew

The voyage started with a crew of about 270–280 men; 268 of the names are preserved. Of all these men, only eighteen returned alive on the Victoria. Many of the men died of malnutrition. Beginning the voyage, Luis De Mendoza was the captain of the ship, but after Magellan was killed, Juan Sebastian Del Cano (or Elcano) became captain for the remainder of the expedition. Seventeen other members of the expedition returned later.

[edit] Returning Crew

The eighteen who returned to Seville in the Victoria.

• Juan Sebastián Elcano, captain-general.
• Miguel de Rodas, boatswain (contramaestre) of the Victoria.
• Francisco Albo, of Axio, boatswain of the Trinidad.
• Juan de Acurio, of Bermeo, boatswain of the Concepcion.
• Martino de Judicibus, of Genoa, superintendent of the Concepcion.
• Hernando de Bustamante, of Alcantara, barber of the Concepcion.
• Juan de Zuvileta, of Baracaldo, page of the Victoria.
• Miguel Sanchez, of Rodas, skilled seaman (marinero) of the Victoria.
• Nicholas the Greek, of Naples, marinero of the Victoria.
• Diego Gallego, of Bayonne, marinero of the Victoria.
• Juan Rodriguez, of Seville, marinero of the Trinidad.
• Antonio Rodriguez, of Huelva, marinero of the Trinidad.
• Francisco Rodriguez, of Seville (a Portuguese), marinero of the Concepcion.
• Juan de Arratia, of Bilbao, common sailor (grumete) of the Victoria.
• Vasco Gomez Gallego (a Portuguese), grumete of the Trinidad.
• Juan de Santandres, of Cueto, grumete of the Trinidad.
• Martin de Isaurraga, of Bermeo, grumete of the Concepcion.
• The Chevalier Antonio Pigafetta, of Vicenza, passenger.

Out of all these suvivors, Antonio Pigafetta was the most significant because his journals supply us with most of the information that is known about the first expedition around the world.

[edit] Voyage

The long voyage around the world began in Spain in 1519 and returned early September of 1522 after traveling 42,000 miles, 22,000 miles of which were unknown to the crew. On December 21, 1521 the Victoria continued on alone because the other ships were either seized or were not able to make it because of the terrible conditions. During the course of the expedition the fleet faced several harsh storms. This was evident because upon returning this ship was in terrible shape, with its sails torn and the only reason for it staying afloat was because of continuous pumping out of water. The Victoria managed to pull through and return to Spain with a shipload of spices after traveling around the world.

[edit] References

• Ferdinand Magellan and the First Circumnavigation of the World. Age of Exploration. The Mariners' Museum. Retrieved on 2008-04-28.
• Basil Smith: Magellan Ship Victoria. ArtworkOriginals.com (April 25, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-04-28.

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