Relevance Pigafetta’s chronicle contributed immensely to European historiography as it preserved and popularized the achievements of the Magellan-Elcano expedition. If Pigafetta did not survive the journey, we would have very little knowledge of Magellan’s numerous contributions in the fields of geography, navigation, history, and other related areas. First, credit must be given to the Magellan expedition for proving that the earth is not flat but an oblate sphere. Moreover, they demolished the myth that there is boiling water at the Equator. Second, Magellan and his men completed the first circumnavigation of the world. Third, they confirmed that the Portuguese route is not the only way to the Spice Islands. They proved the theory that one can go to the east by sailing west. Fourth, they brought to the attention of the Europeans that on the other side of the American continent exists a large body of water which they named Pacific Ocean (Mar Pacifico). All these discoveries altered the European map of the world and resulted in the inclusion of new territories in their world view. The account of Pigafetta also enriched Philippine historiography because it contains important details about the conditions of the Visayan Islands in the 16th century. Some of the prominent leaders during that time, their economic activities, Scanned with CamScannersocial and cultural practices, and religious beliefs were identified. Moreover, local textbook writers use his book as their source of historical information about the beginning of Christianity in the Philippines. The accounts about the First Mass in the Philippines, the conversion of Rajah Humabon and his wife, and the story of the image of the Sto. Nifio were mostly taken from Pigafetta’s book. Finally, Pigafetta has numerous accounts about the reaction of the Filipinos when they met the Spaniards, Some Filipinos were easily befriended by the Spaniards while others refused to interact and trade with them. Lapu-lapu is the most prominent Filipino character in Pigafetta’s narrative. He was the first Filipino who led the resistance movement against Spanish rule and successfully thwarted the first attempt of the Spaniards to take control of the Philippines. It was mentioned earlier that Pigafetta was not the only one who wrote about the expedition. The year after the ship Victoria arrived in Spain, Maximilianus Transylvanus’ De Moluccis Insulis (The Moluccas Islands) came off the press. Its subject matter is the same as that of Pigafetta’s book but it is not an eyewitness account because the author is not part of the expedition. He based his narrative on the interviews that he conducted with the survivors of the Victoria. His prominent interviewees were Juan Sebastian Elcano, Francisco Albo, and Hernando de Bustamante. Compared to Pigafetta’s work, his account is far much shorter and contains less details. Another survivor who maintained a journal of the voyage was Francisco Albo (Victoria’s pilot). His work is the shortest and it focused mainly on the location of the expedition on certain dates. Finally, the last contemporaneous source of information about Magellan is the Italian-born historian of Spain, Peter Martyr d’Anghiera- From 1511 to 1530, he wrote accounts of the Spanish explorations of the New World which he divided into “decades. oe ao decade appeared in 1523 and it recounted the conquest of Mexico and the citcumnavigation of the world by Magellan. Scanned with CamScanner