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Documents on Juan Sebastián Elcano: will and other instruments relating to his family

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:42 +0000

Juan Sebastián Elcano was a Spanish sailor who completed the first round-the-world voyage in the Magellan-Elcano expedition, remaining at the head of the expedition after the death of Ferdinand Magellan. A native of the town of Guetaria, Elcano began his circumnavigation on 10 August 1519 and arrived in Sanlúcar de Barrameda on the Nao Victoria on 6 September 1522, after a three-year voyage. This document is contextualised a few years after his return, in 1526, the date on which he wrote his will, which can be consulted.

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Letter from Juan Sebastián de Elcano to Charles I

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:30 +0000

Letter from Juan Sebastián de Elcano to Charles I written in 1522 in which he gives news of his arrival with the Nao Victoria at Sanlúcar de Barrameda as part of the Magellan-Elcano expedition to circumnavigate the globe. In the letter, in addition to providing information, he asks the monarch for various grants. It includes the reply from the Secretary Francisco de los Cobos.

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Letter from Charles I to Juan Sebastián Elcano

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:30 +0000

Letter of reply from Charles I to Juan Sebastián Elcano, written on 11 September 1522, after his arrival in Sanlúcar de Barrameda from the Magellan-Elcano expedition. In it, the monarch acknowledges receipt of his letter in which he tells him of his arrival with the ship Victoria and orders him to go, together with two of the expedition’s members – “the most sane and best reasoned” – to meet him. In the letter, Charles I informs him that he has ordered the officers of the Casa de la Contratación to dress them and provide them with what they need, and that they are to make a record of what has happened. He also granted him the quarter and the twenty that belonged to him.

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Spain in the Modern Age

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:11 +0000

Didactic application for students in the Third Cycle of Primary Education, which includes the 5th and 6th grades, with students aged between 10 and 12 years old. The didactic units that are addressed during these courses deal with exciting topics such as the discovery of America, the round-the-world trip, the Catholic Monarchs, the reigns of Charles V and Philip II, an introduction to the Renaissance and some introductory lines to the different scientific advances. The application includes learning exercises on the Modern History of Spain. There are several self-completion activities, activities to check the correct answer, crossword puzzles or to answer short questions.

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