Summary of the first Voyage around the World by Magellan by Antonio Pigafetta PDF

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Summary of the first Voyage around the World by Magellan by Antonio Pigafetta PDF

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The First Voyage Around The World By Magellan -The Document Reveals Several Insights Not Just In The Character Of The Philippines During Pre Colonial Period, ...

A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE FIRST VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD BY MAGELLAN BY ANTONIO PIGAFETTA andANALYSIS OF PIGAFETTA’S CHRONICLEFERDINAND MAGELLAN-February 3 1480- April 25, 1521-Portuguese Explorer who organised the Spanish Expeditons to the East Indies from 1519-1522 to search for western route to the Maluku Islands ( the Spice Island) resultng in the frst circumnavigaton of the Earth, completed by Juan Sebastan ElcanoANTONIO PIGAFETTA-1491-1531-Italian scholar and explorer from the republic of Venice-He traveled with the portugese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew by order of the King Charles 1 of Spain on their Voyage around the world.-His work became a classic that prominent literary men in the West like William Shakespeare, Michel de Montaigne and Giambatsta Vico referredto the book in their interpretaton of the New World.-His travelogue is one of the most important primary sources in the study of precolonial Philippines.-His account was also a major referent to the events leading to Magellans arrival in the Philippines, his encounter with local leaders, his death in the hands of Lapulapu’s forces in the Batle of Mactan and in the depature of what was lef of Magellan’s feet from the islands.The First Voyage Around the World by Magellan-The document reveals several insights not just in the character of the Philippines during pre colonial period, but also on how the fresh eyes of the European regard a deeply unfamiliar terrain, environment, people and culture.-Published afer Pigafeta returned to Italy.-Antonio Pigafeta wrote his frsthand observaton and general impression of the Far East including their Experiences in the Visayas.-In Pigafeta’s account, their feet reached what he called the Ladrones Islands or the “Islands of the Thieves”“These people have no arms, but use stcks, which have a fshbone at the end. They are poor, but ingenious, and great thieves, and for the sake of that we called these three islands the Ladrones Islands”.LADRONAS ISLANDS