58. The First Circumnavigation
For centuries, traveling the whole of the earth reached the top journey list for many explorers, especially when we go back to the 1400s and 1500s. One of the people who became obsessed with needing to travel the earth was Juan Sebastian Elcano. It was a goal that started small but continued to grow until the process was complete. That’s right, Elcano became the first explorer to circumnavigate the earth. He completed this circumnavigation in the ship Victoria, which was a part of the Magellan expedition that went to the Spice Islands.