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|July 17, 2025
REPLICA OF FIRST VESSEL TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE GLOBE MOORED IN NEWCASTLE
VISITORS can step on board a beautiful Spanish Galleon - a replica of the first ship to circumnavigate the globe - which is now moored in Newcastle for a near two-week stay.
The eye-catching Nao Victoria, opposite Greggs on the Quayside, will be open each day to visitors until July 27.
And the small and atmospheric wooden vessel is out to bring alive the story of the 16th Century original, an explorer ship - at a time the world was thought to be flat - which had set out to find possible new trade routes and then opened up another world of possibilities.
Marina Quesada, who is in charge of logistics and daily running of the museum ship, explains that the Nao Victoria was part of famous Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan's expedition to the Spice Islands, on a quest for the likes of precious pepper, ginger and cinnamon.
It was one of five ships, carrying a combined total of almost 250 men, to set sail west from Seville in 1519, not knowing the world was round, and it was missing for two years - during which time it had sailed around the globe - before becoming the only one to make it back, with 80 crew.
This story is from the July 17, 2025 edition of The Chronicle.
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