Concepción (carrack)
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The Concepción (Spanish for "Conception") was an early 16th-century Spanish carrack during the Age of Discovery, chiefly remembered as part of the five-ship Molucca Fleet (Armada de Molucca) that undertook the historic 1519–22 Magellan expedition.
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Burning of the Nao Concepción, 1854 lithograph | |
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Owner | Crown of Spain |
Fate | Purposely burned in 1521 |
Notes | Part of the Magellan expedition |
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Type | Nao |
Tonnage | 90 tonels (approx. 54 shipping tons)[lower-alpha 1] |
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Departing Spain on September 20, 1519,[3] the expedition attempted to find a route around South America to the Malukus, or Spice Islands, in present-day Indonesia, and subsequently completed the first circumnavigation of the globe in history. However, the Concepción itself did not complete the voyage, and was scuttled in the Philippines on May 2, 1521, shortly after Ferdinand Magellan himself died in the Battle of Mactan.[4]