PIGAFETTA’S ACCOUNT OF MAGELLAN’S VOYAGE

First Voyage
round the world
Presented by: Badua, Bibar, Estelloso, Evangelista, Ty, Vidal
Antonio Pigafetta
 Antonio Pigafetta
BORN INTO A WEALTHY VICENZA FAMILY

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.

JOINED THE PORTUGUESE CAPTAIN FERDINAND MAGELLAN

AND HIS SPANISH CREW ON THEIR TRIP TO THE MALUKU
ISLANDS.
 Antonio Pigafetta
WAS AMONG ONLY 18 OF MAGELLAN’S ORIGINAL
CREW WHO COMPLETED THE FIRST
CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE WORLD
RETURNED TO SPAIN ON BOARD ANOTHER VESSEL,
THE VICTORIA.

MAGELLAN KEPT A JOURNAL OF HIS VOYAGE, AND

THIS IS A KEY SOURCE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT
MAGELLAN’S FAMOUS JOURNEY.
Ferdinand Magellan
 Ferdinand Magellan
FERDINAND MAGELLAN WAS BORN IN PORTUGAL,
CIRCA 1480.

STUDIED MAPMAKING AND NAVIGATION. BY HIS

MID-20S, HE WAS SAILING IN LARGE FLEETS AND
WAS ENGAGED IN COMBAT. IN 1519, WITH THE
SUPPORT OF HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR CHARLES V,
MAGELLAN SET OUT TO FIND A BETTER ROUTE TO
THE SPICE ISLANDS.
Objective of the voyage
TO FIND THE ISLANDS OF MALECO, FROM WHERE
THE SPICES COME.

TO DISCOVER THIS ALTERNATE PATH TO

MOLUCCAS BECAUSE OF 1494’S TREATY OF
TORDESILLAS, A DECREE FROM POPE ALEXANDER
VI THAT HAD ESSENTIALLY DIVIDED THE WORLD
IN HALF BETWEEN THE SPANISH AND THE
PORTUGUESE.
 Five ships
IN THE CITY OF SEVILLE THERE WAS A SMALL ARMADE TO
THE NUMBER OF FIVE SHIPS NAMELY:

THE TRINIDAD UNDER FERDINAND MAGELLAN CAPTAIN

GENERAL

THE SAN ANTONIO UNDER JUAN DE CARTAGEÑA

THE CONCEPTION UNDER GASPAR DE QUESADA

THE VICTORIA UNDER LOUIS DE MENDOZA

THE SANTIAGO UNDER JUAN RODRIGUEZ SERRANO

 Timeline
Cape of Good
Strait of Hope
Magellan May 19, 1522
Santa Lucia Bay (Rio - Crossing the - No stop over
Canary Island de Janeiro Bay) Pacfic was made since
Sept 26 1519 December 13 1519 - Passed by Elcano took
- 1st stop over - began the tour of Guam and over until they
- Final stop in South American many more reached this
europe Coast Islands point

Sanluccar de Cape Verde Rio de Solis Arrival in the Cape Verde Islands
Barrameda Islands (Rio de la Plata) Philippines July 9 1522
Sept 20 1519 July 9, 1522 January 12, 1520 - April (1521) - final stop before
Sept 6 1522 Magellan died returning to Seville
- Elcano took
command and
continued the
expedition
18 Survivors
Pigafetta’s Map
of Magellan’s
Straits
 Treaty of Tordesillas
June 7, 1494), agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed
at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by
Christopher Columbus and other late 15th-century voyagers.
 10 Facts about the expedition
Magellan gave the Pacific Ocean its name.

Magellan was a staunch Christian evangelist—and this may

have cost him his life.

Magellan’s slave may have been the first person to truly

circumnavigate the globe.

Magellan only deserves partial credit for the circumnavigation.

The next circumnavigation of the globe took place nearly 60

years after the return of Magellan’s expedition.
 6 Fact About Whole Cloves
Cloves are unopened sun dried flower buds of the tropical
clove tree.

Tanzania, Zanzibar and Madagascar are the main exporters

of cloves

Cloves have a fruity hot taste with a warm aroma and

undertones of camphor and pepper.

Cloves have an assertive, characteristic taste given by the

essential oil eugenol, they go well with savory and sweet foods
but must be used sparingly.
 6 Fact About Whole Cloves
Store whole cloves for up to one year in an airtight container/
jar out of direct sunlight. Ground cloves lose their flavor very
fast.

Good quality whole cloves are reddish brown in color and will
exude some oil when pressed with a fingernail.