Names: Ebalo, Carl Aurelio, Patricia Score:

Rullan, Ryniel Bolayo, Vennie Date: 09/05/19

Angluben, Chloe

Class Schedule: 7:30-930

Activity 1: Read about the Battle of Mactan through the primary source from Antonio Pigafetta as cited
on the previous page. As supplemental reading, look into Antonio Pigafetta’s life and write the reference
you used at the end of the table.

Analyze the primary notes by filling up the analytical tool below

CONTEXT ANALYSIS

Title of the document: Primer en Torno del Globo (Magellan's voyage around the world)

Original language of the document: It was written in Spanish

Language used in translation: The translator used the English language to translate the original document.

Translator: James Alexander Robertson

Author’s name: Antonio Pigafetta

Birth (Date & Place): born in Vicenza in around 1940-1941

Death: Antonio Pigafetta died on 1534 at Vicenza, Italy.

Date of writing and/or Publication of the original document:

Originally written in Italian which was published on 1525. The first complete English edition of Pigafetta was
published on 1874.

Place written: The original document was published in Rome while the English version was published in London.

Author’s purpose for writing the document: The purpose of the author is to record events that
happened during their expedition. He described the Magellan voyage, and also recorded the traditions,
manners and customs including sexual norms, language, geography and linguistic features of
populations all over the world that has never before known until that moment.

Social milieu when the event occurred and was written (When was the happening in history when the
document was written)
Who was the intended audience?

CONTEXT ANALYSIS

What is the main topic of the document?

Who were the groups or people mentioned?

What were the places mentioned?

What were the key topics discussed?

If there are any, what are the personal biases, suspected errors or misleading statements of the author
that showed up in the document?

What can be learned from the document?

REFERENCES:

https://news.abs-cbn.com/blogs/opinions/08/17/19/august-10-500-years-ago-pigafetta-and-an-
unresolved-issue