Ferdinand Magellan's Victoria - Juan Sebastian Elcano, from Getaria, was the captain of the Victoria after Magellan's death during their circumnavigation of the world 1521/22. The Victoria was one of the five ships of Ferdinand Magellan. It was named after the church of Santa Mar燰 de la Victoria de Triana, where Magellan took an oath of allegiance to Charles of Spain. She was the only ship to survive the circumnavigation of the globe of 1519 to 1522. Only 18 of the 265 crew that the expedition started with survived the trip. Magellan himself had been killed in the Philippines. ?006 TopFoto