ROBERT E. MILLER SIGNED ORIGINAL LIMITED EDITION JUAN SABASTIAN de ELCANO RARE

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ORIGINAL LIMITED EDITION PRINT NUMBERED SIGNED ROBERT E. MILLER JUAN SABASTIAN de ELCANO 41.5" X 30.5" (2) SIGNATURES & FINGER PRINT NUMBERED 273/2000 "1990" IN GOOD CONDITION. FAST & PROFESSIONAL SHIPPING. PAYPAL & CREDIT CARDS ONLY. QUESTIONS WELCOME. THANKS & GOOD DAY.
Juan Sebastián de Elcano
is a
training ship
for the Royal
Spanish Navy
. It is a four-masted topsail, steel-hulled
barquentine
(
schooner barque
). At 113 metres (371 ft) long, it is the third-largest
tall ship
in the world, and is the sailing vessel that has sailed the furthest, covering more than 2,000,000
nautical miles
(3,700,000 km; 2,300,000 mi) in its history. It is named after Spanish explorer
Juan Sebastián Elcano
, captain of
Ferdinand Magellan
's last exploratory fleet and the man who completed the first circumnavigation of the world. The ship also carries the Elcano
coat of arms
, which was granted to the family by Emperor Charles I following Elcano's return in 1522 from Magellan's global expedition. The coat of arms is a terraqueous globe with the motto "Primus Circumdedisti Me" (meaning: "First to
circumnavigate
me").
Juan Sebastián de Elcano' was built in 1927 in
Cadiz, Spain
, and its hull was designed by the naval architect Mr C E Nicholson of Camper and Nicholsons Ltd of
Southampton
. Constructed by Echevarrieta y Larrinaga shipyard
[4]
in Cadiz. After the proclamation of the
Second Spanish Republic
in April 1931 the ship became part of the
Spanish Republican Navy
.