CEU Elcano International Chair. First Round-the-World Tour
The CEU Elcano International Chair. First Round-the-World Tour, was created through an agreement signed by the Spanish Navy and the CEU San Pablo University as part of the commemorations of the 5th Centenary of the expedition of the first round-the-world expedition of Fernando de Magallanes and Juan Sebastián Elcano (1519-1522).
The CEU Cardenal Herrera University, the CEU Abad Oliva University and CEU San Pablo Andalucía Foundation complete the list of promoters of the Chair.
Inter-University and International
It is an inter-university and international Chair. It is a proposal open to society, in which an attempt will be made to transmit the consequences that the expedition had for the cultural and geographical evolution of humanity.
Created as part of the 5th Centenary, it aims to be a reference in studies around the Magallanes-Elcano Expedition, a permanent forum for study, reflection and transfer of knowledge that will go beyond the temporal space of the Centenary.
Cover letters
Agreement
Objectives
- To be the academic interlocutor of those universities from the five continents that join the initiatives of the National Commission for the commemoration of the 5th Centenary.
- To promote research activities centred on the reason for the Chair. The focus is on the Spanish nature of the expedition, seeking to value the influence of Spain in the world due to this expedition.
- To generate dissemination and transfer of knowledge activities. The Chair will carry out training, research, dissemination and awareness actions, generating knowledge and favouring the quality of teaching work in undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate studies, ultimately facilitating the training of young people in the knowledge of our history linked to navigation from time immemorial.
Structure
Governing Board
Defence-Navy
USP CEU
Coordination Committee
Navy:
- Ship’s Captain José Ramón Vallespín Gómez
- Dr. Carmen Torres López
- Infantry Colonel José Cánovas García
CEU:
- Dr. Rafael Rodríguez-Ponga Salamanca
- Dr. Luis E. Togores Sánchez
- Dr. Sara Izquierdo Álvarez
Communication manager
- Dr. María Sánchez Martínez
Promoters
Sponsor
Collaborator
Biography of
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Born in Guetaria (Guipúzcoa) possibly in 1487. He was the eldest of 9 siblings in a family of seafaring and noble tradition.
Guetaria had obtained a charter from Alfonso VIII with other northern cities, giving them privileges and autonomy and consecrating their important role in navigation. On the other hand, they were obliged to lend ships and sailors when the king needed them.
Thus, Elcano participated in the Cisneros expeditions to North Africa, and in the Grand Captain’s fleet in Italy. He was the owner and captain of his own ship. But because of debts due to non-payment by the king he was forced to borrow from Italian bankers, and hand over his ship as payment (it was his main possession and livelihood). Delivering a ship to foreigners was a crime, and Elcano went to Seville to start a new life, and there he enlisted in the Magallanes expedition.
He was the first Spanish sailor to reach the Spice Islands, and the first man to make the round-the-world voyage. This feat was rewarded by Charles I with a coat of arms and the legend Primus circumdedisti me.
He participated in the Junta de Badajoz-Elvas (1524), for which he drew up a report in favour of the legitimate Spanish possession of the Moluccas.
In August 1526 he died during another expedition to the Spice Islands, led by García Jofre de Loaysa. A few days earlier he had made a will.
Resources and sources
Sources
- Official website of the National Commission for the commemoration of the 5th Centenary of the expedition of the first round the world expedition of Fernando de Magallanes and Juan Sebastián Elcano http://vcentenario.es/
- Report of the Spanish Royal Academy of History on the First Round-the-World Trip View report
- Spanish Archives Portal http://pares.mcu.es/
- Rutaelcano. The First Round the World Tour https://www.rutaelcano.com/
Bibliographic selection
Book
La vuelta al mundo de Magallanes-Elcano: La aventura imposible
HIGUERAS RODRÍGUEZ, Mª Dolores
1519-1522. CSIC. Madrid, 2018
Book
Juan Sebastián Elcano. La mayor aventura de la Historia
OLAIZOLA, José Luis
Biblioteca Online, 2018
Book
La primera vuelta al mundo
RODRÍGUEZ GONZÁLEZ, Agustín
EDAF. Madrid, 2018
Book
El orbe a sus pies. Magallanes y Elcano: cuando la cosmografía española midió el mundo
INSUA, Pedro
Ariel. Barcelona, 2019
Book
Desvelando horizontes. La circunnavegación de Magallanes y Elcano
MARTÍNEZ RUIZ, Enrique (Dir.)
Fundación Museo Naval. Madrid, 2016
Book
Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476?-1526)
ALVAR EZQUERRA, Alfredo
Madrid, 2016
Book
La primera vuelta al mundo
AAVV. Incluye los textos de Antonio Pigafetta, Juan Sebastián Elcano, Francisco Albo, Ginés de Mafra, Maximiliano Transilvano y otros describiendo el primer viaje de circunnavegación del globo terrestre
Miraguano Ediciones. Madrid, 2012
Book
La primera vuelta al mundo
LUCENA GIRALDO, Manuel
Ariel. Barcelona, 2003
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