Ryan P.

Maranda
BS-Nursing I

PROCESS QUESTIONS:
Answer the following questions as your guide based on the above activity you have undertaken.
Write your answers and submit them to the “google drive” of our “google classroom”. Please
follow the deadline. Answer directly and succinctly.

1. From the research of Dr. Danilo Gerona of the Partido State University, what was the
background of Pigafetta as a chronicler?
Pigafetta belonged to a rich family city of Vicenza in northeast Italy. In his youth he studied
astronomy, geography and cartography. He then served on board the ships of the Knights of
Rhodes at the beginning of the 16th century. Until 1519, he accompanied the papal nuncio,
Monsignor Francesco Chieregati, to Spain. (1)1
What were the goals of the Spaniards in coming to the east?
In the 15th century, spices were at the epicenter of the world economy, much like oil is today.
Highly valued for flavoring and preserving food as well as masking the taste of meat gone bad,
spices like cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and especially black pepper were extremely valuable. Since
spices could not be cultivated in cold and arid Europe, no effort was spared to discover the
quickest sea route to the Spice Islands. Portugal and Spain led the competition for early control
over this critical commodity. Europeans had reached the Spice Islands by sailing east, but none
had yet to sail west from Europe to reach the other side of the globe. Magellan was determined to
be the first to do so. (2)2

1
Nowell, Charles E. (1962). Magellan's voyage around the world: three contemporary accounts: Antonio Pigafetta,
Maximilian of Transylvania, Gaspar Corrêa. Northwestern University Press. p. 79.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Pigafetta date accessed: Dec 17, 2020

2
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EDITORS, H. (2009, OCTOBER 29). HISTORY. (A&E Television Networks) Retrieved DECEMBER 17, 2020,
from HISTORY.COM: https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/ferdinand-magellan

editors, h. (n.d.). https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/ferdinand-magellan. (A&E Television

Networks) Retrieved from https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/ferdinand-magellan:
https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/ferdinand-magellan