The 8 of said month, I did not measure the Sun, but we went Southwest and a quarter league to the South, and at night we dropped anchor and found 50 fathoms, (…)

Francisco Albo
Botswain and navigator from the island of Rhodes. Originally botswain of the Trinidad in Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, he then became pilot of the Victoria under the command of Sebastian de Elcano.
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8 January 1520
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