On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the first circumnavigation, a panel of historians discuss the historical relevance of this milestone and how it transformed the world.

Welcome remarks will be provided by Santiago Cabanas Ansorena, Ambassador of Spain to the United States of America. Afterwards, Admiral Juan Francisco Martínez Núñez, Secretary General for Defense Policy, Ministry of Spanish Defense, and Vice President of the Executive Committee for the Celebration of the Quincentennial of the First Circumnavigation of the World, will give a Keynote speech.

Octavio Hinojosa, member of The Hispanic Council’s Advisory Board and President, Asociación de Líderes Hispanos will introduce and moderate the panel and a video presentation of the first Circumnavigation will be made before the round-table discussion.

Among our distinguished panelists include:

• Moderator: Octavio Hinojosa, President of Asociación de Líderes Hispanos and member of The Hispanic Council´s Advisory Board

• Larrie Ferreiro, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, George Mason University, and Author, “Brothers in Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain who Saved it (Pulitzer Prize Finalist in History, 2017; Journal of the American Revolution, Book of the Year, 2016).

• Erin Rowe, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

• Richard L. Kagan Ph. D., is Arthur O. Lovejoy Professor Emeritus of History and Academy Professor of History at the Johns Hopkins University. Author of “The Spanish Craze: America’s Fascination with the Arts and Cultures of the Hispanic World, 1779-1939.”

Closing remarks will be provided by Don Javier García Fernández, Deputy Secretary for the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sport, and President of the Executive Committee for the Celebration of the Quincentennial of the First Circumnavigation of the World.

The event is presented by the Spanish Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Culture and Sport, the Spanish Navy, Asociación of Líderes Hispanos, Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C., The Hispanic Council, and the Executive Committee for the Celebration of the Quincentennial of the First Circumnavigation of the World.

We look forward to seeing you!