Sebastiano Elcano

from IN THE BEGINNING by Terry Draper

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Learning history... I discovered that Sebastiano Elcano was first to encircle the globe, Not Magellan. Somebody should update :Pirates and Pathfinders"!
Guitars by Mike Pridgen and Bill Nadeau. Video by Jamie Grant.

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SEBASTIANO ELCANO
(Primus Circumdedesti Me)
(March 23, 2023)

I am Sebestiano Elcano
You know me not nor my worth
But I am first to circumnavigate the Earth.

I am Sebestiano Elcano
I brought Victoria home to Seville
And eighteen men by my power and my will.

I am Sebestiano Elcano… The first to encircle the globe.

Ferdinand and me left Spain in 1519
Sailing west toward the East Indies
Through the Land of Fire onto a peaceful sea
A passive sea that stretched relentlessly
Leading to the Spice Islands of the East indies.

After weeks in the Philippines converting pagans to Christianity
Magellan sought to subdue Lapulapu at Mactan
But Ferdinand died upon that day in the year 1521
Never finding the nutmeg, the cloves and cinnamon
Leaving me to complete the circumnavigation.

Oh, Magellan
Even in death you eclipsed me
Barred from the books of History
I am Sebestiano Elcano.

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from IN THE BEGINNING, released January 4, 2024
Mike Pridgen & Bill Nadeau... Guitars

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