Brazil receives Princess Leonor after three weeks crossing the Atlantic aboard Elcano

The Juan Sebastián de Elcano Navy School has sighted land this Friday for the first time after three weeks of navigation to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Salvador de Bahiain Brazil, it has been the first port of America to receive Princess Leonor and her companions.

The ship began its XCVII Instruction Cruise on January 11 in Cádiz, where excited Don Felipe and Doña Sofía dismissed their daughter and their peers from the Naval School, who faced their greatest challenge in their military formation.

The princess, following in the footsteps of her father, entered the Army Military Academy last year in Zaragoza. After overcoming a first year of military formation with the Army of Earth, he entered the Naval School of Marín to, next year, to finish his military studies with the Air and Space Army in San Javier (Murcia).

Juan Sebastián de Elcano faces a syllace that will last until next July, when his 76 guards landing in the port of Marín. In total, an intense trip of 140 days of training at sea, in addition to the attractions. A 17,000 nautical miles, with a scale in eight countries in America and six Spanish ports.

That of Salvador de Bahia is the only port of Brazil where the school ship bears. There he will be until next day 19, when he will leave in the direction of Uruguay. Then, its next scale will be in Punta Arenas, Chile, the southernmost city of the Earth and union point of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

The Sumgase will continue with stops in Valparaíso and Peru before crossing the Panama Canal, whose denomination is in dispute after the arrival of Donald Trump to the White House.

Elcano will also docked in Cartagena, Santo Domingo and plans to arrive in New York on June 5. From there, the princess will return by plane to Spain to continue her training embarked on a Frigate of the Navy. His teammates will cross the Atlantic and Mrs. Leonor will join them again in Spain to end the instructional ship vinge on July 9 in Ferrol.

On this journey, the 76 guards travel accompanied by an endowment formed by 20 officers, 20 non -commissioned officers, 130 military of the sailor and troop scale and two civil masters.