Magellan and Elcano – 500 years

The first global voyage

Historic background

From the Douro to the other side of the world … A Man – Fernão de Magalhães – and a Territory – The Planet. The First Global Man will tell the exploits of the first circumnavigation trip.

Map

Current locations covered by the Route (with colored markers) and possible future locations (grey markers):

Curiosities

The Corpus Christi Convent was founded in 1345 by a noblewoman from Gaia, Dona Maria Mendes Petite.

Fernão de Magalhães will include his Sister, a nun in this Convent, in his will.

Gallery