THE FIRST MAN WHO TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD

There is always a dispute in deciding the ‘Who was the first man to travel around the
world?’. There are three famous theories about ‘Who did it first?’.

JUAN SEBASTIAN ELCANO

Elcano served as a naval commander to Charles V of Spain and took part in the
expedition to the Philippines. On September 20, 1519, the expedition set sail with five
ships: Trinidad, Concepción, San Antonio, Santiago, and Victoria.
Captain Fernando Magallanes and Sebastian traveled together the half of the world
until Magallanes got killed in the year 1521 in Philippines. After a long time, Elcano
became the captain and conclude the difficult mission on September 06, 1522 with
only one ship “Victoria” and 17 survivors of the 240-man expedition.
In that way, Juan Sebastian Elcano became the first man to travel around the world.

FERNANDO MAGALLANES
It is said that, the Portuguese Fernando Magallanes was the first man to travel around
the world because he previously had been in Philippines in the name of Portugal, but
he never knew that he had been in Philippines.
Which its mean, that he was the first man who travel around the world. He had travel
to the east with the Portuguese and then to the west with the Spanish.

ENRIQUE DE MALACA
It's also said that, the first man who travel around the world was a local prince of
Philippines who was around 15 years old. He was captured by the Portuguese and then
was adopted for the captain Magallanes. He was named as Enrique de Malaca and
became a servant and interpreter when the Portuguese conquered Philippines.
He was taken to Spain from his natal territory. Then, he participated in the expedition
of Magallanes to the Philippines. When he arrived to his natal territory, he became the
first man to travel around the world.

At the end, due to lack of data, poorly documented notes, and made up stories, it will
always be a topic of discussion of who was the first man who travel around the world.