Juan Sebastián de Elcano - Explorer and Ship

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

A few viewers have mentioned that, while Wikipedia describes the Juan Sebastian as a barquentine, the foremast includes a fore and aft sail, making the ship instead a topsail schooner. That detail is incorrect on my model. I apologize for the error.

[@gerryjamesedwards1227]

Would an all square-rigged foremast denote it as a barquentine?

[@kirkmorrison6131]

I looked her up in my book she is listed as a topsail schooner, but I have seen her listed otherwise rigged I thought it might have been changed. Thanks for the correction

[@kirkmorrison6131]

@@gerryjamesedwards1227 Yes, or a Hephoradite

[@kirkmorrison6131]

Yes or a Hephoradite Bark, she is beautiful under sail

[@olofjansson9356]

@@gerryjamesedwards1227 Yes

[@steveschramko2386]

When I was a kid, the San Francisco newspapers carried a frontpage story of the Elcano's visit...with pictures of the ship sailing through the Golden Gate. This was BIG news for me. I badgered my parents into taking us to visit the ship in San Francisco. The memory of that visit has remained with me my whole life ! The sights, the smell of tar and oakum, the rain washed decks, the strange languages spoken, the starched white uniforms etc. I will never forget...

[@nicklacerte7134]

Thanks for sharing. That's really cool!

[@tankacebo9128]

I'd imagine this is exactly what the natives of faraway island nations felt when seeing European ships for the first time as well.

[@thefelper.7181]

Wonderful memories.

[@ericcriteser4001]

Excellent contribution. Thanks for sharing!

[@artkitzmiller957]

My wife and daughter ( a graduate of the USNA 2014) took our son in law (USNA 2010) to see this very same Tall Ship while it was it was in port in Charleston SC. knowing his love of Tall Ships. While touring the Juan Sebastian de Elcano to their dismay he displayed a wealth of knowledge about the ship. When they asked how he knew so much about her he told them that while he was a Midshipmen at the USNA he served aboard the Juan Sebastian de Elcano and sailed her across the Atlantic during a summer exchange program between the two Naval Academies! That is history that deserves to be remembered in our family. ;)

[@dabana77]

I'm from Cadiz (Spain), home of this ship. I use to see "Elcano" one time a year in Cadiz, before their annual trip around the world. But I can not forget the great "Gran Regata Colon" in 1992. It was amazing to see Cadiz's harbor full of ships, like time travel. The "Elcano" was one of them. I visited the "Esmeralda", the "Americo Vespucci", the "Gorch Fock"... Wow, amazing!! Great memories! If you can visit one of these ships do it. Thank you for your video and for talking about Spanish history. In my opinion, we did very important things for humanity, and people must know it. Thanks a lot!

[@chopsddy3]

If this doesn’t deserve a full blown , high end adventure movie, I don’t know what does.

[@outwiththem]

Hollyweird is into promoting bullshit instead.. Pirate movies, gay movies, stupid people doing things, etc. Rambo.. LOL.

[@CFITOMAHAWK]

Hollyweird is not into history biography unless it is English kings and Queens AND QUEERS..

[@mosesracal6758]

As a Filipino, the only thing we know about Elcano was just that he was the one who completed the circumnavigation - thanks for this! He really deserves to be remembered more.

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

For centuries the portugeese Lied about Magellan been the first to circumnavigate when Magellan didnt want that, he killed Spanish Captains and others that wanted basic navigation lost avoidance "Map Sharing" and made hundreds die in the Pacific Ocean many blunders Magellan did that eventually cost him his life. Magellan WAS A MURDERER AND BULLSHITER.

[@kmlammto]

Back in the 1980s or 90s the Elcano visited Norfolk. They were giving limited tours to the public. A friend of mine approached an officer on the dock and mentioned that he wanted to see the ship. The officer was about to direct him to the line when he asked my friend’s name. My friend and the rest of his Elcano family that were with him were given a VIP tour seeing parts of the ship not open to the general public.

[@eliscanfield3913]

That is awesome

[@scottkludgedorsey4805]

I know she did a tour of the US east coast in 1980 as part of Operation Sail and I am pretty sure they put into Norfolk then. Beautiful ship, and beautifully kept.

[@dennisammann9104]

This beautiful ship visited San Diego, California a couple of times, back when there seemed to be many scheduled “Tall Ships” days. Now there are none; so sad. Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, we had up to 14 of these majestic tall ships visit us. Juan Sebastian de Elcano was one of the largest and most beautiful. I’m glad she’s still around, sailing the 7 seas. Fascinating to learn about Juan also. Fair winds & following seas. 😀😁⛵️

[@posterboyrob]

I was aboard the de Elcano in Miami in 1976. Very impressive, clean and lovely.

[@Simon_de_Cornouailles]

Elcano was one of my boyhood heroes and one of the reasons that I chose the sea as a career.

[@thesame4076]

How did your hear about him?

[@Simon_de_Cornouailles]

@@thesame4076 From a book in our school library. It was all about famous explorer/ navigator mariners and each had their own chapter, Elcano (and the Magellan expedition), Tristão da Cunha, Vasco da Gama, Lapérouse, Bouvet de Lozier, James Cook and more.

[@jimmyplenderleith9471]

Congratulations on 1 million subscribers......I LOVE history and you bring it all to life with amazing details. Keep up the great work.

[@sfastroworld]

Thank you for this. About 18 years ago I was able to get on board the Juan Sebastian de Elcano when it was docked at Galveston Island, Texas. It was an impressive ship and getting the full history and story behind both the ship and its namesake was well worth it!

[@pablotroncosounwin2917]

Great storie! Congrats! As a fun fact, Chile owns the twin ship of Elcano: Esmeralda, as our training ship. It is slightly different in her sails configuration, but as beautiful as the Spanish one!

[@alankovacik1928]

Reports from Amnesty International, the US Senate and Chilean Truth and Reconciliation Commission describe the Esmeralda as a kind of a floating jail and torture chamber for political prisoners of the Augusto Pinochet regime from 1973 to 1980. It is claimed that probably over a hundred persons were kept there at times and subjected to hideous treatment, among them British priest Michael Woodward, who later died as a result of torture. Due to this dark part of its history, the international voyages of the Esmeralda are often highly controversial - especially at the time when Pinochet was still in power but even after the restoration of Chilean democracy. The ship's arrival in various ports is accompanied by protests and demonstrations by local political groups and Chilean left-wing political exiles. Such protest actions were recorded, among other places, at Amsterdam, Dartmouth, Quebec, Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, Wellington, Piraeus and Haifa, as well as at Santiago in Chile itself.

[@CFITOMAHAWK]

@@alankovacik1928 You mean it was kept as a sort of Prison Ship.? They send them to the seas instead, as punisment ?

[@braxtonnelson7422]

An excellent example of an answer to a question I'm sure you are often asked: Where do you get your ideas for an episode? Sometimes, they come with a package from eBay...

[@dennishunt1590]

In 1988 it was Australia's bicentennial of the arrival of the first fleet. As part of the celebrations there were many tall ships visited Australia, along my brother we took our small aluminium boat out to greet the tall ships as they sailed through Port Phillip Heads and into Port Phillip Bay and on to Melbourne Victoria. The Juan Sebastian De Elcano. A majestic ship and the one I remembered most. I have quite a few good photos of this ship.

[@JavierBrent]

La Australia del Spiritu Santo was called by the Spanish in year 1560's.

[@snowman9123]

I can say I love history with all my heart, but I had never heard of him, his story and so much about the first circumnavigation of Earth by Mag.... oops Juan Sebastian de Elcano. Without him we would have never heard of any events once the fleet split. Thank You THG! 😃

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

That is right. Im a commercial pilot and since been a kid, i though for decades the first one was Senor Mag.

[@jimbeam3280]

Fascinating. I certainly learned something from this video. Had never heard of the main subject , nor knew that Magellan did not , actually, circumnavigate the globe. You do an excellent job THG

[@lancenewman4899]

I was a midshipman at Florida A&M in the early 80s and was selected for a foreign exchange cruise with the Spanish Navy. The previous year, midshipmen were sent to the Elcano. I figured I would be doing the same but was sent to the amphibious force instead. So close, yet so far. I did have an opportunity to meet King Juan Carlos during my cruise. It was a fair trade-off.

[@Dan-lu5qd]

Finally some Spanish history! Thanks for the video, love it!

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

And without Spanish Legends, like that piece he did of Pablo Picasso.

[@beerdrinker6452]

Long time fan of History That Deserves To Be Remembered! Thank you!

[@hothand283]

This is an epic TV show waiting to be written. Sadly, Hollywood would figure out how to mess this up, in sure.

[@xbubblehead]

They would add a love interest for sure. Maybe make de Elcano a woman.

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

Dam pervert hollyweird will make DelCano as a gay pirate, to entertain the liberal shitttheads..

[@alejomanuelguerrero9326]

An epic story about a spanish hero or sailir without steteotypes or prejudice?. Really? I bet one movie or series about Bernardo de Gálvez and how he and Spain, not France, made américan independence possible will not be financed or allowed

[@stevedietrich8936]

I saw the name Elcano and I thought "I know that name" but couldn't recall why. As soon as you said the name Magellan, I knew. It is perhaps misplaced that we credit Magellan for a circumnavigation that he didn't complete, while the names of those that did complete it are largely not taught.

[@faithnfire4769]

Admittedly at least he was the main leader and a proponent of it, rather than a mutineer. Bit of an odd one to be sure. It was Magellan's expedition that did it, but he did not complete the journey past the Philippines, though making it there itself was a main goal.

[@mikemarthaller8789]

History often overlooks those who actually "Did the deed"

[@timewalker-tq4bl]

@@faithnfire4769 Magellan provoked the mutiny by not sharing the route with Cartagena (he had the same level of command as Magellan and was responsible to the king for the expedition) as agreed with Charles V. Instead, he had him imprisoned when Cartagena was on Magellan's ship for a meeting. The Philippines was not a main goal, but the Moluccas. After Magellan died, the two remaining ships spent six months island hopping until they found the Moluccas before trying to return to Spain in a seven-month non-stop voyage (twice as long as it took to cross the Pacific). Without Juan Sebastián Elcano there would be no circumnavigation, only a failed expedition and no one would know Magellan.

[@CFITOMAHAWK2]

@@timewalker-tq4bl The Portughese was selfishly commiting treason to the Spanish Enterprise investors. Probably in envy or interest in getting more recognition for Portugal than Spain, or even intentions to dispute the territories and routes to Portugal later on.

[@JavierBrent]

@@timewalker-tq4bl m a commercial pilot instructor. Any pilot, sailor or traveler on cars too knows all vehicles need to have the maps or charts of the route to follow not only one and the others "follow me". What about if the ship or vehicle in front loose the others in a storm or simply at night? The others, with no maps or idea where they were going will get lost. Magellan didnt want to share the maps of the voyage. It is one of the rules of fleet or multi vehicle navigation. Magellan didnt give any maps of the route to the others ships, only the Portugese crew one in which he was too. That is a huge violation of navigation rules. Im a pilot instructor. He lied to the others about giving them the maps after a while, but didnt. Huge Magellan Devilish Plan to make the others get lost and he and the Italians and portugeese navigate only and put down Spain sailors. He wanted the Spain crews to get lost, of course. That is why the others mutiny againts him. The liar also become a murderer of spanish sailors that revelled due his devilish plans. His arrogance made him try to defeat about 1,000 islanders with only about 50. The liar arrogant got killed and Delcano decided to circumnavigate instead of backtrack which was the initial plan of Magellan, which also lied about the size of the pacific ocean.

[@bigsarge2085]

Thanks, HG! We just took our seven nephews to see the adventure/video-game movie "Uncharted." Capt. de Elcano's story is a major backdrop in the search for lost treasure!

[@haroldschultz20]

What a great channel on KZbin!. Lance Geiger has a wonderful way with history, storytelling and engaging his audience, which I am one of. I don't see Lance remaining on KZbin too much longer. His real audience is probably on the History Channel or on The Public Broadcasting Systems. He definitely deserves a much larger television audience with sponsors

[@dirtcop11]

While this story didn't include pirates, it did include smuggling, another tradition of the sea. There are so many twists and turns in Juan Sebastian's life, which would make a great movie. Under sentence of death, he rose to captain, circumnavigated the world, and died of starvation. What a ride. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" would be envious.

[@quillmaurer6563]

Wouldn't selling a ship that doesn't belong to you sort of count as piracy?

[@JavierBrent]

He died from a disease at 50 years old. which was old man in 1520's..

[@georgemckenna462]

THG made it through an entire tale of sea lore without the mention of pirates even once!

[@lordgarion514]

It falls in the same category as Gordon Ramsey not using too much olive oil, or a politician actually telling the entire truth. Things you never expect to happen.

[@Quincy_Morris]

SHAME!

[@JonesNate]

I thought for sure when he mentioned the cocaine smuggling, he'd quote the line.

[@iralee7145]

No good stories come from a tail devoid of pirates

[@kirkmorrison6131]

But all good stories involve pirates!

[@cyrano33]

As always, a great video on an important yet often overlooked piece of history. Bravo Zulu history guy!

[@peterjohnson6273]

I'm glad that you love history, and believe there is so much of it that needs to be remembered. Thanks for what you do. :>)

[@gamortie]

When Australia celebrated its bicentennial, we were visited by a whole lot of Tall Ships, including the JSD, which was the largest of the fleet.

[@JavierBrent]

I think the Spanish were the first europeans that landed in Aust. Didnt they? on the north side i think.

[@gamortie]

@@JavierBrent De Queiros - a Portuguese navigator in Spanish service, though some say the Chinese had been visiting for centuries before

[@JavierBrent]

@@gamortie The Spanish were the ones that gave the name to Australia. The name Tierra Austral was given by Spanish to that land. Then later on other captains started calling it Australia. There are docs about it with the Spanish mentioning the name over 100 years before the English went and claimed it.

[@travelertime4382]

I once was the first mate on watch, on a ship sharing the harbor with her, in the Virgin Islands as best as I can recall. So noticing unusual activity on her, at anchor, I broke out the binoculars and I witness an abandon ship DRILL wherein a great many cadets. like near 100, in life jackets and in one long line ran all the way forward and jumped off her bowsprit into the sea. It was the most curious human activity I have ever witnessed at sea.

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

Well, they say.. "The Spanish dont fear the waters"..

[@gonzostrangelove6107]

This may be my favorite of all your videos. I love the intersection of "history that deserves to be remembered" and your personal connection to the model ship. From one (technically) historian to another: well done.

[@johnjunge6989]

I probably laughed and was educated during this episode more than I have in ages! Great stuff!

[@dbmail545]

I have a nephew that sailed on a tall ship. One of the biggest adventures of his life!

[@MrCaliduuude]

I was able to tour when the ship was docked at Baltimore harbor years ago. Great historic ship.thanks for sharing the history of that majestic ship

[@TruthNerds]

3:30 "Among many issues, Magellan greatly underestimated the size of the globe." And this happened about 17 centuries after Eratosthenes determined the circumference of Earth to be around 252.000 stadia. It is unclear which standard of a "stadium" he was using, but he was only about 2%-16% off. I guess Eratosthenes' measurements were history that deserved to be remembered.

[@russcrawford3310]

I'm not sure early 16th Century Spain is a good place for new ideas ... _especially_ non-Catholic ideas ... during the Inquisition ... we'll have to wait until the 18th Century, and Newton's revolution, before we start to see interest in the works of Classical Greece ... although it is really really easy to make this measurement ... measure the length of a shadow at noon at two places, say a few hundred miles apart north or south ... then just simple geometry ...

[@davesy6969]

We all know the world is flat.

[@TruthNerds]

@@davesy6969 Yes, they say Elcano starved at sea, but really he fell off the edge. It's part of the big lie…

[@THE-HammerMan]

@@TruthNerds The biggest lie ever? ...that you have a brain.

[@xbubblehead]

I was lolling on the grass outside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo years ago, and recognized the name Eratosthenes among the others engraved on the building. I was the only one in my group who had ever heard of him. That would be an interesting topic for the History Guy,,,the history of estimating the size of the Earth, including Ptolemy's map that perhaps made Columbus think the Earth was smaller and Asia bigger so that his venture seemed possible.

[@craigw.scribner6490]

Congratulations on one million subscribers! You certainly earned and deserve it! Thanks for all of your great videos and please keep them coming!

[@ammq23]

Back on 1976 El Cano visited Miami, I was luck to visited it and was invited to a party onboard. Anna you for the history of the real Juan Sebastian El Cano. Is good to know history behind the name. Thank you.

[@alejandrofernandezalvarez2927]

He didn't starve to death, he died of scurvy (another maritime tradition). I think that García Jofré de Loaísa's expedition (in which Elcano died) deserves to be remembered because it is absolutely epic.

[@CFITOMAHAWK]

I read about that too. And the way Magellan played tricks on the Spanish to keep them away from the maps he was supposed to share with other captains. That is why they revelled. Magellan killed 3 of the captains that in their right demanded to see the maps of the route as needed by all. Magellan was a double agent for Portugal. A liar.

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

For centuries the portugeese Lied about Magellan been the first to circumnavigate when Magellan didnt want that, he killed Spanish Captains and others that wanted basic navigation lost avoidance "Map Sharing" and made hundreds die in the Pacific Ocean many blunders Magellan did that eventually cost him his life. Magellan WAS A MURDERER AND BULLSHITER.

[@JavierBrent]

m a commercial pilot instructor. Any pilot, sailor or traveler on cars too knows all vehicles need to have the maps or charts of the route to follow not only one and the others "follow me". What about if the ship or vehicle in front loose the others in a storm or simply at night? The others, with no maps or idea where they were going will get lost. Magellan didnt want to share the maps of the voyage. It is one of the rules of fleet or multi vehicle navigation. Magellan didnt give any maps of the route to the others ships, only the Portugese crew one in which he was too. That is a huge violation of navigation rules. Im a pilot instructor. He lied to the others about giving them the maps after a while, but didnt. Huge Magellan Devilish Plan to make the others get lost and he and the Italians and portugeese navigate only and put down Spain sailors. He wanted the Spain crews to get lost, of course. That is why the others mutiny againts him. The liar also become a murderer of spanish sailors that revelled due his devilish plans. His arrogance made him try to defeat about 1,000 islanders with only about 50. The liar arrogant got killed and Delcano decided to circumnavigate instead of backtrack which was the initial plan of Magellan, which also lied about the size of the pacific ocean.

[@javiaea737]

Excellent video, as usual. Just to clarify, no midshipmen were detained on the drug smuggling case. A civil contractor and enlisted sailors were detained

[@markdriver2433]

I and my folks have really enjoyed your history shorts. Thank you so much for your coverage of “history that should be remembered.” My fathers family has lived in California since we moved here from Lima, Ohio in 1914. You have brought awesome coverage of facts that my folks and myself did not know prior to your coverage of many events. FYI mom grew up in the osarks of southern Missouri and she really appreciated the video on the “New Madrid Earthquake.” Well done sir.

[@keithnoneya]

A wonderful video of History that Deserves to be Remembered. A tour and quick history of the items in your office would be good too. Ie. the Hats and the Challenge Coins. Thanks for the show. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya

[@Lambonights]

WOW! I just got a model kit for this ship and just started looking for videos on it. I never realised you had a video on it HG! Fascinating story of a beautiful ship and the history of its namesake. Thank you! 🙂

[@ericcriteser4001]

I *loved* this. Great story. Thank you.

[@lawrencequave7361]

In 1959, when I was 12 years old, JSdE visited Pensacola, FL, for a week as an honored invitee to the city's annual 'Fiesta of Five Flags' celebration that recognizes the city's having existed under the flags of 5 different nations over the years. 1959 happened to be the city's quadricentennial celebration date for the founding of the city by a Spanish explorer named Tristan de Luna y Arellano 400 years earlier. Because De Luna's colony was soon abandoned (to be resettled again years later), St. Augustine (on the east side of Florida) which was settled in 1565 (6 years AFTER Pensacola), earned the title of being the oldest CONTINUOUSLY occupied settlement of European and African-American origin in the United States. And there's your history lesson for the day. With JSdE tied up on the east side of the municipal pier (making it possible to stand within 15 feet of this massive, tall, all-white 'wind jammer'), ALL who saw her were much impressed. (I have several b&w photos.) Over the years since, JSdE has returned to Pensacola several times more to participate in the city's Five Flags celebrations. (An aside: that was also the first and only time I stuck my head inside the gondola of a Navy blimp (big fat fellow that he was) that was masted at Chevalier Field, which was Pensacola's (and the nation's) original non-seaplane landing area.) The cradle (origin) of Naval aviation? Pensacola IS IT!

[@CFITOMAHAWK]

Great area. Love to visit in the winters.. Didnt know it was formed before St Augustine.

[@darrellsimpson6966]

What a beautiful old sailing ship. Wonderful to know that she is still under way.

[@tweaker1968]

Another awesome story... Thank you sir.... Keep up the good work..

[@pitsnipe5559]

Very interesting as always. As an aside, the first ship I served in, USS Leary DD879, was transferred to the Navy of Spain in 1973 and renamed SNS Langara. We spent two months training the Spanish sailors before we hauled down our ensign, pennant and jack and they hoisted the colors of Spain.

[@skyden24195]

Neat and interesting story. Thanks "The History Guy."

[@EldredTGlass]

Very well done another piece of history, when my father U.S. Navy left Vladivostok Siberia W W I he went to China and served on the American Gunship the U S S Elcano.

[@corvid...]

Amazing history as always... This is the best channel

[@sterfry8502]

Best show on KZbin! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@gregdean8441]

That was Great ! Thanks for all your videos love watching and hearing about history you tell them so well and enthusiastically .

[@slartybartfarst55]

A really excellent story. No Pirates, but very nearly, and Smuggling through the Centuries!

[@snotgurgletroll1812]

Love it when your kitties make appearances !!!!!

[@john_in_phoenix]

This is certainly history that deserves to be remembered.

[@howardvernon2013]

Great bit, Thanks. Well done.

[@daanyd13]

So many random Knicks and knacks are randomly found that probably have an amazing history like your ship. Thank you for taking the time and effort to highlight one of them : )

[@dennisbeardall2949]

Very cool story! Thank you for all you do!

[@Markver1]

This channel is one of the only that has a comments section that is as informative and interesting as the videos itself.

[@theblackbear211]

Years ago I went aboard the de Elcano when she was in port. A lovely vessel.

[@michaelniederer2831]

Wonderful story well told. All the better for being true.

[@OneOut1]

Shipping wine on the sea led to the development of Port wine. Wine casks were topped off with brandy to seal off oxygen from the wine. A few storms later led to the wine and brandy being infused together, hence Port wine

[@tankacebo9128]

awesome! love these naval tales.

[@blueocean9305]

You have demonstrated that sometimes history is right in front of you.

[@thesame4076]

I find out the most amazing stories when I am researching something else.

[@spikespa5208]

Would have been nice to be able to give credit to the person who made the model.

[@snotgurgletroll1812]

Loved the originating story behind this video!!!

[@tomh6183]

Fascinating.

[@laserbeam002]

Loved this post. Thank you.

[@robertpierce1981]

Well done and fascinating as always

[@Kim-the-Dane-1952]

You can also find distilled spirits that are matured at sea. Next time you are at your local liquor store, look up a bottle of Norwegian "Lysholm" aquavit (picture of a sailing ship on the label) and when you turn the bottle you will on the backside of the label see which Wilh. Wilhelmsen Co ship carried it from Norway south of the Equator (usually Australia) and back.

[@randalljeffs7272]

That was a really fun episode

[@scottbruner9987]

So freaking cool....I saw this ship a few years ago in Monterey Bay, CA. I miss home, as I now live in Sacramento.

[@zfid]

Brilliant, thank you for this fascinating story

[@brogeoti]

I too am a collector of many things. I sometimes have to force myself to not start another collection. But something you said about collecting that leads you to history hereto forth unknown made me want to share this tidbit. I collect old guns from the 19th century and recently acquired a Colt M1860 revolver that had been tin plated. Nickel plating is a popular gun finish, but tin was unusual because it lacks luster and isn't as smooth when polished. Turns out tin plating was used on steel objects on board naval vessels and Colt had actually supplied Perry's expedition with 100 tin plated pistols for use as gifts to the Japanese. I determined through research that my new acquisition was shipped to the Washington Arsenal on 6/9/1862 in a shipment of 500 arms and subsequently dispatched to outfit the USS Eastport in August that same year. Outfitted in Cairo, IL, the USS Eastport was a large ironclad ram and became the flagship of the Mississippi River Squadron (the so-called Brown Water Navy) during the War Between the States. Commanded by Lt. Cmdr. Seth Phelps, who captured it from the Confederacy on the Tennessee River, it served the Union up until striking a torpedo (mine) during its retreat down the Red River in 1864 and had to be scuddled to keep it from being re-captured by the advancing Confederates. Although her bow was blown up, the stern of the ship remained relatively intact and pointed upwards from the riverbed about ten feet below the waterline. After the War, another ship carrying Union troops to invade Texas passed over the wreckage, tearing a hole in its hull and sunk on top of her. How ironic a Confederate ship, captured and pressed into service for the Union, managed abet to sink a Union ship after the war was over.

[@markmark2080]

500 years of history in 12 minutes, that was an amazing story,

[@-jeff-]

Even your re-edits are worth the watch! Great story.

[@gyrene_asea4133]

Well done sir! Love the maritime history tilt. btw, Magellen and the context in which he made his attempt are well presented in "A World Lit Only by Fire" Wm. Manchester. The first 200 pages serve as one of the best expositions of the trauma of moving from a medieval Europe to an age of of enlightenment.

[@angusmccoll5754]

Thanks, History Guy! I enjoy your videos. You might also enjoy checking out near sister ship BE ESMERALDA, the Chilean Navy’s midshipmen training ship, and the story of the earlier ESMERALDA, her fabled captain Arturo Prat and other Chilean naval heroes associated with the battle in which ESMERALDA was lost to the Peruvian ship HUASCAR during the War of the Pacific. HUASCAR was later captured by Chilean naval forces and is now a museum ship in Chile. Amazing history, and perhaps worthy of future episodes. Thanks for wonderful content each episode.

[@farmergirlangie3469]

Always love seeing one of the HG kitties!

[@JagerLange]

Strangely enough, this came out the day I travelled to Spain and I have taken until now post-trip to watch it :)

[@Flametree1492]

Thank you for the knowledge. Again you prove that much of the history taught in public education is "BS", myths or outright lies! Please continue telling the truth about history.

[@rexmyers991]

So interesting! Thanks, Lance.

[@kevinflick61]

Thank you for very interesting and insightful video in for be educating me about what happened during Magellan's voyage - I'd forgotten that he did not make it all the way around the world and the other details of that voyage.

[@blairwilson5542]

Such a well made video. Super interesting!

[@burninglass]

Bravo Bravo ! Oh what the heck , Archy Bravo !

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

Im a commercial pilot and since been a kid, I was told for decades the first one was Magellan. I was told wrong. It was Sebastia'n DelCano. So many lies againts Spain by the Portugeese and British Empires.

[@david9783]

Samuel Clemons once said, "A man who loves cats is my friend and brother forever. No further introduction is necessary." Well done, brother!

[@TheChosenOnesPodcast-z5t]

Dude this needs to be a movie

[@savageman7047]

Love this channel ❤️. Actual History

[@RussellTHouse]

VERY nice story.

[@russcrawford3310]

That cat looks angry ... don't they all? ... one of your best "forgotten history" videos ... thank you ... this guy's certainly a scoundrel, I can see why Spain wanted to forget him back in the day ...

[@ChiefMac59]

Well done yet again

[@jamesstumpf75]

That was quite right sir! Indubitably

[@neeleyfolk]

Excellent.

[@benjaminrees6665]

With your videos, I hit like immediately, before I even hear you speak!

[@goldgeologist5320]

Fantastic!

[@noxirs7059]

Good craftsmanship. Beautiful wooden ship.

[@dannyflies7197]

This is a cool story! I was in Hawaii,1975 this ship came in to the port of Honolulu. Their men walked around, looked spiffy! Very impressive!!!!

[@matthewluttrell9413]

I had a model of it and didn't even know its history!!! It was just something my mom had bought me when I was little. Its final death came at the hands of a firecracker one new year's night...

[@Bigwerk]

Love your channel HG!

[@olofjansson9356]

Technically speaking, the Elcano is not a barquentine (though your model indeed is) due to the fore-and-aft rig on the foremast (see 8:02 in video). That detail makes her a four masted topsail schooner according to the Tall Ships America website article on the Esmeralda, the Chilean training ship built nearly identically to the Elcano by the same Spanish yard some twenty years later! The Esmeralda is a true barquentine.

[@Markver1]

NEERRRRRRRRRRRRD!!!!!!!

[@olofjansson9356]

@@Markver1 :):):)