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Antonio Pigafetta ( Italian: [anˈtɔːnjo piɡaˈfetta]; c. 1491 – c. 1531) was a Venetian scholar and explorer. He joined the Spanish expedition to the Spice Islands led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the world's first circumnavigation, and is best known for being the chronicler of the voyage.
About the author: Antonio Pigafetta (1491 — 1534). From The Diary Junction, Pigafetta was born into a wealthy Vicenza family, and studied navigation among other things. He served on board the galleys of the Knights of Rhodes, and accompanied the papal nuncio, Monsignor Chieregati, to Spain.
Antonio Pigafetta was an Italian scholar and explorer. He joined the expedition to the Spice Islands led by explorer Ferdinand Magellan under the flag of the emperor Charles V and after...
Apr 25, 2019 · Voyage Chronicler Antonio Pigafetta described in detail the gruesome death of Ferdinand Magellan at the hands of natives. Magellan died because he underestimated the battle-hardened Filipino natives. News
Antonio Pigafetta. 1491?-1534. Italian sailor who wrote a classic account of his participation in the historic global circumnavigation begun by Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521).
With the present volume is begun the publication of Antonio Pigafetta’s relation of the first circumnavigation of the world—the greatest single achievement in all the history of sea exploration and discovery.
…two short vocabularies collected by Antonio Pigafetta, the Italian chronicler of the Magellan expedition of 1519–22. Dutch ships bound for insular Southeast Asia stopped to restock in Madagascar, and this contact resulted in an almost immediate recognition of the relationship of Malagasy to Malay soon after the first Dutch expedition…
This manuscript volume, dating from around 1525, details Ferdinand Magellan's voyage around the world in 1519-22. The work is attributed to Antonio Pigafetta, a Venetian scholar who was born in Vincenza, Italy, around 1490 and who accompanied Magellan on the voyage.
Mar 29, 2021 · On 13 April 2021, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines will pay tribute to Antonio Pigafetta, the Italian chronicler in the Magellan-Elcano expedition 500 years ago, by unveiling a historical marker in Cebu City.
Antonio Pigafetta (c. 1480/90–c. 1534) Also known as Antonio Lombardo, due to his birthplace, this Italian gentleman was born in Vicenza. He was the author of First Voyage Around the World (La...
