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In September 1519, five ships and some 240 men under Ferdinand Magellan sailed from Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Three years later a single ship returned — the Victoria — carrying 18 skeletal survivors. Magellan wasn't among them: he had died in the Philippines. The man who completed the feat was a sailor from Getaria, Juan Sebastián Elcano.
At the voyage's final stop, in Cape Verde, an unsettling surprise awaited them: their logbook, kept with obsessive precision, was one day behind the calendar. They had 'lost' 24 hours without skipping a single entry. They were the first humans to discover in their own flesh that sailing west around the world steals a day from you.
Charles V granted Elcano a coat of arms bearing a globe and a Latin motto: 'You were the first to circle me.' Rarely has a boss written a better letter of recommendation.