HistoryTimelineLayer:Magellan's circumnavigation

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sources: Timeline of the Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation Magellan's circumnavigation events: Crossing the Atlantic;-;;;10.03.1519;11.29.1519; Passage through South America;-;;;11.29.1519;11.28.1520; Pacific crossing;-;;;11.28.1520;03.06.1521; invisible rectangle;;;;05.01.1521;11.08.1521; Guam;-;;;03.08.1521;03.09.1521; The Philippines;Magellan's_circumnavigation#The_Philippines;;;03.16.1521;05.01.1521; Moluccas;Magellan's_circumnavigation#Moluccas;;;11.08.1521;12.21.1521; Return to Spain;Magellan's_circumnavigation#Return_to_Spain;;;12.21.1521;09.06.1522; Magellan's circumnavigation;;;;08.10.1519;09.08.1522; The five ships under Magellan's command left Seville and descended the Guadalquivir River to Sanlúcar de Barrameda, at the mouth of the river. There they remained more than five weeks.;;;;08.10.1519;; Departure from Sanlúcar de Barrameda.;;;;09.20.1519;; Fleet reaches the vicinity of Cape St. Augustine.;;;;11.29.1519;; Entering the bay of Rio de Janeiro.;;;;12.13.1519;; Departure from Rio de Janeiro.;;;;12.27.1519;; Reaching Río de la Plata;;;;01.10.1520;; Entering Bahia de los Patos.;;;;02.27.1520;; Beginning of the overwintering stay at Puerto San Julián.;;;;03.31.1520;; (April 1 and 2) Mutiny on Victoria, Concepcion and San Antonio\; death of Louis de Mendoza. Later execution of de Quesada, marooning of de Cartagena. Alvaro de Mesquita becomes captain of San Antonio, Duarte Barbosa of Victoria.;;;;04.01.1520;; (End of April) Santiago is sent on a mission to find the passage. The ship is caught in a storm and wrecked. Survivors return to Puerto San Julián. Serrano (João Serrão) becomes captain of the Concepcion.;;;;04.25.1520;; Encounters with the “Patagonian giants” (likely the Tehuelche people).;;;;07.1520;; (or August 24) Fleet departs Puerto San Julián for Río Santa Cruz.;;;;08.23.1520;; Fleet leaves Santa Cruz.;;;;10.18.1520;; Arriving at the Cape of the Eleven Thousand Virgins, entry to what would be known as Strait of Magellan.;;;;10.21.1520;; (End of October) San Antonio, charged to explore Magdalen Sound, fails to return to the fleet, instead sails back to Spain under Estêvão Gomes who imprisoned captain de Mesquita. The ship arrives in Spain on May 21, 1521.;;;;10e.1520;; The fleet leaves the strait and enters the Pacific Ocean. When out in the Pacific some of the crew get scurvy.;;;;11.28.1520;; (January 24/25-28) Landfall on an uninhabited island, which Magellan names St Paul's (probably Puka-Puka). They stay for a few days before continuing on.;;;;01.24.1521;; Arrival at Guam and encounters with the Chamorro people.;;;;03.06.1521;; Arrival of Magellan's expedition to one of the Philippine Islands. They headed to Suluan and dropped anchor for a few hours of respite. Suluan is a small island in the province of Eastern Samar. They next dropped anchor at Homonhon, another small island in the province of Eastern Samar. They were detected by the boats of Rajah Kolambu who was visiting Mazaua, who later guided them to Cebu, on April 7.;;;;03.16.1521;; First Mass in the Philippines, held in Mazaua, which is not determined whether it was held in Mazaua, Southern Leyte or Masao, Caraga, Mindanao or in Butuan, Agusan del Norte.;;;;03.31.1521;; Arrival at the Rajahnate of Cebu.;;;;04.07.1521;; Death of Magellan in the Battle of Mactan. Serrano and Barbosa are voted co-commanders.;;;;04.27.1521;; At a local banquet Barbosa and 27 sailors (including Afonso de Góis, the new captain of Victoria after the election of Barbosa and Serrano) are murdered and Serrano captured, later killed. The three remaining ships escape.;;;;05.01.1521;; There are not enough men to handle three ships, thus the worm-infested Concepcion is burned down. Two ships remain: Victoria and Trinidad. Gonzalo Gomez de Espinosa becomes captain of Victoria. Joao Lopez Carvalho is made as the Captain General. The ships sail to Mindanao and Brunei.;;;;05.02.1521;; Carvalho is replaced by Espinosa as Captain-General. Juan Sebastian Elcano becomes captain of Victoria.;;;;09.21.1521;; Arriving at Tidore in the Moluccas.;;;;11.08.1521;; Victoria under the command of Elcano leaves the Moluccas to return home, sailing west towards the Cape of Good Hope. Trinidad remains at Tidore for repairs.;;;;12.21.1521;; Victoria reaches Timor and starts to cross the Indian Ocean.;;;;01.25.1522;; Trinidad under the command of Espinosa leaves the Moluccas heading home sailing east. After five weeks, Espinosa decides to return to the Moluccas where he and his ship are captured by a Portuguese fleet under Antonio de Brito. However, the ship was wrecked during a storm.;;;;04.06.1522;; Victoria passes the Cape of Good Hope and enters the Atlantic Ocean.;;;;05.22.1522;; Victoria reaches Santiago, Cape Verde.;;;;07.09.1522;; Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda under the command of Elcano, two weeks shy of three years after setting sail.;;;;09.06.1522;; Victoria arrives at Seville, technically completing the circumnavigation.;;;;09.08.1522;;