Seville, Archivo General de Indias, 9126 and Patronato, 36, R. 2
Seville, Archivo Histórico Provincial de Sevilla, Patronato, 38, R. 1

Fernando de Magallanes and Juan Sebastián de Elcano's Wills (Collection) Facsimile Edition

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This collection presents the testaments of Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano, two central figures of the first circumnavigation of the globe. Magellan’s will was written before his departure from Seville in 1519 and records his instructions regarding burial, family inheritance, servants, and the continuation of his lineage in Castile. Elcano’s testament was dictated in 1526 during the Loaísa expedition, while he was dying in the Pacific. Written down by Andrés de Urdaneta, it lists his possessions, debts, books, clothing, provisions, and personal bequests to relatives, companions, and others connected to his life and voyage.

We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Fernando de Magallanes and Juan Sebastián de Elcano's Wills (Collection)": Testamentos de Fernando de Magallanes y Juan Sebastián de Elcano facsimile edition, published by Taberna Libraria, 2022

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Testamentos de Fernando de Magallanes y Juan Sebastián de Elcano

Madrid: Taberna Libraria, 2022

  • Commentary (Spanish) by Martínez Sanchiz, José Angel
  • Limited Edition: 500 copies
  • Collection: a selection of documents associated by a common thread and collected by the publisher in a single edition.

This collection includes the reproduction of the following documents: 

Fernando de Magallanes's Will
1 sheet, r. y v. – 28 × 21 cm
Fragment of the original. Fondo Protocolos Notariales: signatura 9126
Archivo Histórico Provincial de Sevilla

14 pp. – 33 × 22 cm
Authorized copy of the original. Signatura: Patronato, 36, R. 2
Archivo General de Indias

Juan Sebastián de Elcano's Will
16 pp. – 30 × 21 cm
Signatura: Patronato, 38, R. 1
Archivo General de Indias

Historical Cartography
The edition also includes the facsimile reproduction of four hand-written and color views of Oporto and Guetaria, from different institutions.

Isometric view of the city of Oporto:
Biblioteca Nacional de Austria, Cód. Min. 46 (1634)
35 × 45 cm

Maps of the town and port of Getaria:
Archivo General de Simancas, MPD, 05, 062 (1597) - MPD, 62, 005 (1623)
Biblioteca Foral de Bizkaia, Reserva Vascongada VMSS-249 (1636)
38 × 48 cm, 30 × 42 cm, 36,4 × 46,9 cm respectively

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