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August 10, 2019

Seville, Spain’s Guadalquivir River and Triana Bridge for the 500th anniversary of Magellan’s departure

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Setting sail for Seville. Seville celebrates its first world tour

Today in 1519, Ferdinand Magellan (a famous Portuguese explorer) departed from Seville, the capital of southern Spain’s Andalusia region, on his quest for a western passage to the Spice Islands. He sailed five ships and a crew of more than 230 men down the Guadalquivir, the river in today's image. The Triana Bridge, the oldest in Seville, was built 330 years after the expedition's return to the city in 1522.While successful in finding a western route to the Pacific Ocean and returning with valuable spices, it came at great cost. Only one ship, under the command of Juan Sebastián Elcano, and 17 other crew members completed the global circumnavigation. Magellan didn't. He was killed on April 27, 1521, at the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines.Seville and other Andalusian cities will celebrate these milestone anniversaries as part of the 'V Centenario.' For the next three years - the same amount of time it took Magellan's fleet to sail around the world - there will be a slate of activities, including academic conferences, museum exhibits, nautical tours, educational events, and much more, to recognise, detail, and celebrate various aspects of this historic voyage.

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