João Serrão

Who is João Serrão?

João Serrão, also known as Juan Serrano in the Spanish version, was a 16th-century Portuguese navigator who sailed with Ferdinand Magellan during the first circumnavigation of the world.

Serrão was brother or cousin to Francisco Serrão, who was residing in the Spice Islands when the voyage began and whom Magellan hoped to meet.

Captain of the ship Santiago, Serrão was involved in the events that led to a massacre on Cebu allegedly instigated by Enrique of Malacca, but we cannot ascertained this by Antonio Pigafetta's accounts alone.