LESSON 2 - FIRST

VOYAGE AROUND
THE WORLD

This section will focus its’ discussion on the content and contextual analysis of selected
primary sources; the identification of historical importance of the text; and the examination of the
author’s main argument and point of view. First among the documents, the Pigafetta’s account on
the first voyage around the world. A corrected version of the Battle of Mactan was also retold in
the account where- it was an attempt of the Filipinos to repulse a foreign invader.
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2.6.1 REFERENCES:
Pigafetta, A., Cachey, T. J., & Gibson Library Connections, I. (2007). The First Voyage Around
the World (1519-1522) : An Account of Magellan’s Expedition. University of Toronto
Press, Scholarly Publishing Division.
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2.6.2 SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS

Antonio Pigafetta. Blair and Robertson.https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42884/42884-h/42884-

h.htm

Magellan’s Interpreter, Enrique was the first to circumnavigate the world

http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/magellans-interpreter-enrique-was-the-first-
to-circumnavigate-the-world

Mansueto, T. (2013) Reexamining Pigafetta’s Battle of Mactan.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/398045/reexamining-pigafettas-battle-of-mactan#/

Ocampo, A (2019) Magellan’s last will and testament.

https://opinion.inquirer.net/122391/magellans-last-will-and-testament

_________(2019) Lapu-Lapu, Magellan and blind patriotism.

https://opinion.inquirer.net/125201/lapu-lapu-magellan-and-blind-patriotism
2.6.3 VIDEO LINKS

Alamat ni Lapu-lapu: History. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QjmUS7eySY