The Spanish Navy training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano will arrive in Miami on Wednesday, May 1. The ship will dock at Bicentennial Park, where it will be open for public visits from May 2 to 5. Please refer to this schedule (subject to...

The training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano is coming to Miami under the command of Captain Alfonso Gómez Fernández de Córdoba, who has been the commanding officer of the training ship since September 2011.Originally from Madrid, Captain Gómez...

In honor of the 500th anniversary of Ponce de León's arrival in Florida the Spain-Florida Foundation is proud to welcome to Miami, the third largest tall ship in the world, the Spanish Naval training vessel Juan Sebastian de Elcano.The ship would be...

The Juan Sebastián de Elcano is a training ship in which Spanish Midshipmen on their fourth year of study at the Spanish Naval Academy come on board to experience the sea.The building of Spanish vessel Juan Sebastián de Elcano started in 1925,...

Join the Coral Gables Museum as they take visitors on a journey back in time to discover the nature that Ponce de León encountered in Florida 500 years ago. By following the Spanish explorer’s footsteps, Eco-Historian Frank W. Schena will...