The Seville of Magellan and the First Around the World

In 1517, the Portuguese sailor Fernando Magallanes arrived in Seville, at that time a great colonial metropolis, with the intention of obtaining permits and financing for his project to reach the Spice Islands, a trip to the East through the West that would end with the the first round-the-world trip in history between 1519 and 1522, beginning and ending in the Port of Seville.On this urban route we will visit the places in the city associated with the preparations for Magellan's trip: the Casa de la Contratación, the Arenal, the Mulas Pier, the Triana seafront ... We will also know the difficulties that the captain faced in Seville and some of the unique episodes that took place during the expedition itself. At the birth of this round the world with the intention of discovering a new route to the Spice Islands, on the route they will look for plant species also linked to the Magellan expedition, plants that they found in the different stops of their trip that we can see today in the same city of Seville.Thus, we invite you to discover with a different look the cultural and natural heritage of the city linked to this trip that definitely changed the perception of the planet.