Martino de Judicibus

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Martino de Judicibus (Spanish: Martín de Judicibus) was a Genoese or Savonese^[1] Chief Steward. He served with Ferdinand Magellan on his historical voyage to find a westward route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia^[2]. His history is preserved in the nominative registers at the Archivo General de Indias in Seville, Spain. The family name is referred to with the exact Latin patronymic, "de Judicibus".

He was initially assigned to the caravel Concepción, one of five ships of the small Spanish fleet of Magellan. By the order of Charles V of Spain, the purpose of the fleet was to circumnavigate the Earth by discovering a southwest passage connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific. Cartographers at the time believed the passage to be very probable from a geographic point of view, but nobody had trustworthy information about the supposed passage.

The real strategic purpose of the expedition was to look for a new maritime way to the Spice Islands of Indonesia, avoiding the route around Africa whose western and southern harbors were all in the hands of Portugal. Magellan was also tasked to prove that the Spice Islands were really west of the anti-meridian borderline of Portugal according to the Treaty of Tordesillas, therefore becoming property of Spain and not it's current owner, Portugal. Lastly, new territories discovered were to be annexed to the already immense Spanish Empire. dcdc Martino de Judicibus embarked on the expedition with the rank of merino or Chief Steward. The expedition set sail on August 10, 1519 from St. Lucar, the harbor of Seville, for a voyage which ended 2 years, 11 months and 3 days later on September 6, 1522, when Victoria, the only surviving ship, returned to the harbor of departure after completing the first circumnavigation of the Earth. On board the small ship only 18 men out of the original 235 crew survived. Among the survivors there were only two Italians, Antonio Lombardo (Pigafetta) and Martino de Judicibus.

Contents 1 The route of the voyage 2 European survivors of the expedition 3 Footnotes 4 External links

[edit] The route of the voyage

• Departure from Seville on 10 August 1519
• Departure from St. Lucar on 20 September 1519
• Arrival at the Bay of Rio de Janeiro on 14 December 1519
• The Santiago wrecks
• Passing through the Strait of Magellan on 21 October 1520
• The San Antonio deserted and returned to Spain
• Entering the Pacific Ocean on 18 December 1520
• Arrival at Guam, in the Marianas, on 6 March 1521
• Magellan is killed on Mactan Island on 27 April 1521
• Juan Sebastian Elcano assumes command
• The Concepción is abandoned
• The Trinidad turns back to the Moluccas
• Arrival at St. Lucar on 6 September 1522
• Arrival at Seville on 8 September 1522

[edit] European survivors of the expedition

18 Europeans returned to Seville with Victoria in 1522

Name	Rating
Juan Sebastian Elcano, from Getaria	Master
Francisco Albo, from Axio	Pilot
Miguel de Rodas	Pilot
Juan de Acurio, from Bermeo	Pilot
Antonio Lombardo (Pigafetta), from Vicenza	Supernumerary
Martín de Judicibus[3], from Genoa	Chief Steward
Hernándo de Bustamante, from Alcántara	Mariner
Nicholas the Greek, from Naples	Mariner
Miguel Sánchez, from Rhodes	Mariner
Antonio Hernández Colmenero, from Huelva	Mariner
Francisco Rodrigues, Portuguese from Seville	Mariner
Juan Rodríguez, from Huelva	Mariner
Diego Carmena	Mariner
Hans of Aachen	Gunner
Juan de Arratia, from Bilbao	Able Seaman
Vasco Gomez Gallego, from Bayona	Able Seaman
Juan de Santandrés, from Cueto	Apprentice Seaman
Juan de Zubileta, from Barakaldo	Page

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Armada 1500-1900 (Spanish)