Juan Serrano was a sixteenth century navigator who sailed with Ferdinand Magellan during the first circumnavigation of the world (1517-1519). A navigator is the person onboard a ship or aircraft responsible for its Navigation. Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães fɨɾˈnɐ̃ũ dɨ mɐgɐˈʎɐ̃ĩʃ Fernando de Magallanes (Spring 1480 &ndash April 27 1521 Mactan Island, Cebu Of Portuguese origin, Serrano was brother or cousin to Francisco Serrão, who was residing in the Spice Islands when the voyage began and whom Magellan hoped to meet (both died before this occurred). Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Francisco Serrão ( Francisco Serrano) (died 1521 was a Portuguese explorer, and a cousin or personal friend of Ferdinand Magellan. This article covers the historical role of the Maluku Islands as a source of spices since early history when the islands where known as the Spice Islands

Captain of the ship Santiago, Serrano was involved in the events that led to a massacre on Cebu allegedly instigated by Enrique de Malacca but we cannot ascertained this by Pigafetta accounts alone. Cebu is an island of the Philippines. It is the main island of Cebu Province in Visayas. This article discusses the slave and interpreter of Ferdinand Magellan.

Sources

• Samuel Eliot Morison, The European Discovery of America: The Southern Voyages 1492-1616 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1974). Samuel Eliot Morison, Rear Admiral, United States Naval Reserve ( July 9, 1887 – May 15, 1976) was an American