A replica of the flagship of Magellan-Elcano’s expedition that led to the first circumnavigation of the globe, the Nao Trinidad, arrives in St. Augustine this February. She will dock at St. Augustine ...

Under sunny skies and a steady breeze, the research vessel Melville pulled into her home port at 1:25 p.m. on September 23. After 49 research missions covering more than 100,000 nautical miles across ...

The research vessel Melville arrived at its home port at the Scripps Nimitz Marine Facility in San Diego on Sept. 23, 2008. After logging more than 100,000 nautical miles covering 10 countries and 49 ...

History buffs will get a special treat this week with the visit from the replica of the Nao Trinidad, part of the Magellan expedition circumnavigating around the world from 1519 to 1522. The ship is ...

MEXICO CITY — Disease, mutinies and uncharted waters nearly sabotaged the global circumnavigation expedition led by Portuguese mariner Ferdinand Magellan. Five centuries later, a pandemic looms as a ...

Heinrich Scherer’s Magellanic world map entitled "Representatio Geographica Itineris Maritimi Navis Victoriae...," showing the route of Magellan's circumnavigation and the Victoria, the only remaining ...

The year 2021 will mark the 500th anniversary of Ferdinand Magellan's journey around the globe. Ahead of this historic date, researchers have been following his tracks on board a sailboat led by the ...

The Elcano sails into Boston Harbor on April 26. The spring of 2019 will soon see one very special celebration. It will mark the Spanish-led 500 years of exploration from 1519 to 2019 and will include ...

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero has invited the king of Spain to visit Guam for the 500th anniversary of the Magellan-Elcano Expedition. The 1521 circumnavigation will be widely observed as a major part of ...