{"id":4407,"date":"2020-03-25T19:07:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T18:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toursevilla.com\/magallanes-y-elcano-la-primera-vuelta-al-mundo\/"},"modified":"2021-04-22T17:39:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T15:39:04","slug":"the-first-around-the-world-trip-by-magellan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toursevilla.com\/en\/the-first-around-the-world-trip-by-magellan\/","title":{"rendered":"First around the world trip 1519-1522. Magellan and Seville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The first around the world trip took place in the 16th century and the departing point and organization was from the city of Seville. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1518 Ferdinand Magellan (Fern\u00e3o de Magalh\u00e3es in Portuguese) had proposed his idea of reaching the Moluccas to obtain spices to King Manuel I of Portugal. Faced with his refusal, he presented his project to the young emperor Carlos I of Spain and V of Germany, at that time the most powerful monarch of Europe.
In full expansionism of the kingdom of Castile, the emperor supported the company and gave Magellan the money necessary to charter five ships with 245 men.<\/strong> The expedition was going to be very profitable economically if they managed to trade in the Moluccan Islands and get the precious spices there: Cloves, Cinnamon, Pepper, Ginger, Nutmeg \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhy were spices so precious in Europe? Goal for the first trip around the world<\/h2>\n\n\n\n