Victoria

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Victoria was the Spanish carrack that became the first ship to successfully circumnavigate the globe during Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf carrack
historic ship
sailing ship
achievement first ship to circumnavigate the globe
armament arquebuses
cannon
crossbows
commandedBy Ferdinand Magellan
Juan Sebastián Elcano
countryOfOrigin Crown of Castile
crewSizeAtDeparture about 45 men
crewSurvivorsOnReturn 18 men
destinationRegion Maluku Islands
surface form: "Moluccas"
expeditionDepartureCountry Spain
expeditionDepartureDate 1519
expeditionDeparturePort Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Seville, Spain
surface form: "Seville"
expeditionReturnCountry Spain
expeditionReturnDate 1522
expeditionReturnPort Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Seville, Spain
surface form: "Seville"
flag Spanish flag
historicalPeriod Age of Exploration
surface form: "Age of Discovery"
namedAfter Saint Victoria
notableCrewMember Antonio Pigafetta
notableFor demonstrating practical global circumnavigation
operator Spanish expedition to the Moluccas
originalFleetShips Concepción
San Antonio
Santiago
Trinidad
originalFleetSize five ships
partOf Magellan–Elcano expedition
propulsion wind power
role flagship on return leg of first circumnavigation
sailingTechnology lateen and square sails
sailPlan three-masted square-rigged
sponsoredBy Charles I of Spain
surface form: "King Charles I of Spain"
survivingShipsOfFleet only ship to complete the circumnavigation
tonnage about 85 tons burden
voyageObjective reach the Spice Islands by sailing west
voyageRoute Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic return to Spain
Cape of Good Hope
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Strait of Magellan
voyageType circumnavigation

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