We usually visualize the great 16th-century navigations as the result of the progress of science and of certain acts of heroism. But success would not have been possible without the collaboration of experts of very various trades: carpenters, caulkers, blacksmiths, rope makers... and even health professionals.
It is therefore a question of interpreting the role of the different professions and skills present in the so-called Age of Discovery, taking as a reference the two expeditions in which he participated Juan Sebastián Elkano.