Seven Cities Of Gold: Does this game have an ending?

I am referring especially to the 1993 version for MS-DOS, but I would appreciate answers applicable also to the 1980 versions for Atari, Commodore 64, Amiga and so on.

I've played many times and never got a victory. The only possible end, for all I know, is when you're killed.

Solution 1:

Possibly. This is a screenshot of the/an ending on the Atari:

However,

Accoding to designer Dan Bunten, the only "full" version of the game was made for the Atari. All other ports, including the better selling Commodore version, had to compromise some of the original game aspects to make the port.

(Source: Trivia section on http://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-8-bit/seven-cities-of-gold)

So unless "Returning Home" has been taken out in the DOS version, there exists an ending for the game.