Magellan's expedition was manned on departure by 200 sailors, at least 35 of them Basques, and when Magellan was killed in the Philippines, his Basque second-in-command, Juan Sebastián Elcano took the ship all the way back to Spain.
Magellanova ekspedicija je imala na odlasku oko 200 mornara, od koji su najmanje 35 njih bili Baski, a kada je Magellan poginuo na Filipinima, njegov baskijski dozapovjednik, Juan Sebastián Elcano preuzeo brod sve na putu natrag u Španjolsku.