THE FIRST VOYAGE

AROUND THE WORLD

OF FERDINAND
MAGELLAN BY
ANTONIO PIGAFFETA

started in 1519 and ended in 1522

ANTONIO PIGAFFETA

BACKGROUND OF THE
AUTHOR

a famous traveler born in Vicenza around

1490 and died in the same city in 1534
Parents: Giovanni Pigafetta and Angela
Zoga
the eldest child among his siblings of 2
was a native of Vicenza, a town about a
hundred kilometers west of Venice, Italy

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studied astronomy, geography, and
cartography
served on board the ships of the Knights of
Rhodes at the beginning of the 16th century
had an aunt, Elisabetta, who married
Valerio Chiericati accompanied Monsignor
Chiericati to Spain in 1519
accompanied Ferdinand Magellan,
together with Juan Sebastian Elcano in the
famous expedition to Moluccas which
began in August 1519 and ended in
September 1522.
he joined the expedition to the Spice
Islands led by the explorer Ferdinand
Magellan under the flag of King Charles I
of Spain and after Magellan's death in the
Philippines, the subsequent voyage around
the world

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HISTORICAL CONTEXT
OF THE DOCUMENT

The First Voyage Around the

World by Antonio Pigaffeta was
written on board one of the 5 ships
that was first to circumnavigate the
world during an expidition that was
lead by the Portuguese explorer,
Ferdinand Magellan and after his
death during voyage, by Juan
Sebastián Elcano. The expidition
started in 1591 and ended in Spain in
1522.

Name of the Spanish fleet that was

les by Ferdinand Magellan:
Armada de Molucca.

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 On August 10, 1591, Magellan set
sail with 270 men and 5 ships: the
Trinidad (commanded by
Magellan), the San Antonio, the
Victoria, the Conception, and the
Santiago. From Spain, fleet sailed
to Brazil and then headed south,
hugging the coast.

At the end of the voyage Antonio

Pigaffeta, the author of the book,
was on board the Victoria; this was
the only ship that was able to
return to Spain.

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 ANALYSIS OF THE IMPORTANT
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
FOUND IN THE DOCUMENT

IMPORTANT REMINDER:

Since Magellan and his Crew crossed

the international dateline there is one
day added to the original dates that
Antonio Pigafetta wrote in his books for
the better Perspective of us Filipinos,

Thoughtout the Expedition, there

served a translator Named Enrique

Enrique was from Sumtra (Present day

Indonesia) and was a Slave of
Ferdinand Magellan

Magellan acquired Enrique as a slave at

Malacca

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MARCH 17, 1521
(originally march 16)

Arrived in zamal (samar at present)

The island was called humunu (now
homonhon)
Magellan and his men called
Acquada da li buoni segnilli (the
watering of good signs)
There are many island in that district,
and therefore they called them the
archipelago of San Lazaro as they
were discovered on the Sunday of St.
Lazarus

April 8, 1521 (Originally April 7, 1521)

Magellan and his men entered the port

of Zubu.
Initially, Magellan and his men
encountered some struggle when first
entering the port of Zubu.
The “king” of Zubu wanted Magellan
and his men to pay tribute to them but,
Magellan refused and told the translator
that they are working for the King of
Spain and threathens him with war.
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April 15, 1521
(Originally April 14, 1521)

A mass was held with Raia Humabon

and his people attending the ceremony.
Or Rajah Humabon, the first Filipino
chieftain to embrace Christianity in the
Philippines.
800 souls were baptized. Including the
king of Cebu, Rajah Humabon and his
wife.
Magellan showed the queen an image of
a Lady, a very beautiful wooden child
Jesus, and a cross.
She asked for the little child Jesus to
keep in place of her idols and this image
of child Jesus is now known as the Sto.
Niño found in Cebu.

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APRIL 15, 1521
(originally April 14)

The first baptism took place in the

island of Zubu (now Cebu) performed
by Fr. Pedro Valderama.
Magellan presented three gifts : a bust
of Christ, an image of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, and image of Child Jesus.
Magellan gave the queen (Hara
Amihan) an image of the Child Jesus as
a gift to her.

APRIL 27, 1521

(originally April 26)

*Zula, chief of Matan (now Mactan) sent one

of his sons to Magellan with two goats as
present.

*Cilapulapu (now Lapu-Lapu) refused to

obey Magellan.

*Zula asked Magellan to send him a boat full

of men to fight against another chief which is
Cilapulapu.

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April 28, 1521
(originally April 27)

At midnight, sixty of Magellan’s men set

out armed with corselets and helmets,
Christian king, prince, some of the chief
men, 20 or 30 balanghais.
The local islanders had lances of
bamboo and stakes hardened with fire.
They shot the captain through the right
leg with a poisoned arrow, knocked his
helmet off his head twice.
An Indian hurled a bamboo spear in the
captain’s face, but the latter immediately
killed him with his lance, which he left in
the Indian’s body.
8 of Magellan’s men were killed, 4
Indians were killed by mortars.
Of Cilapulapu’s men, only 15 were killed.

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RELEVANCE OF
THE DOCUMENT
August 10,1519 strating point of
the first expedition around the
world of Magellan.
The book served as an evidence
that the world is round and not
flat.
This book aids the researchers
and students of today in
understanding the context of the
Magellan Expedition and how the
whole Europe-Philippines conflict
commenced.
Magellan discovered the Pacific
Ocean.
Magellan proved that there was a
way to the east by sailing west.

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 Growing up, we're understood this issue just
simply as the start of the spanish era and
Magellan being the philippine's villain without
taking into debate the context and different
reasons of the expedition.
( The expedition that was held from 1519-1522)
Opened many door for spain together with
many other different countries around the
world due to the different discoveries from this
expedition.
Led to the world to be a more globalized society
because of how other countries were revealed
to the Europian countries.
Businesses rose because of the discoveries that
made that benefited the different sides
Opened many doors for the philippines.
Helped us in knowing how the early filipinos
lived by the account of primary sources who
witnessed it first hand.
Will helped us understand how the filipinos of
the past lived and how they coped when
Magellan and his men came to the philippines.
We discover what religion filipinos used to have
and they became christians.
We also find out how the first filipinos fought
and delayed the spanish occupation by years.
Pigafetta's journal is also a vital piece not only in
philippines history, but also of worl history. He
narrate the events that transpired in a way that
gives the readers of what it was like to be part of
the first vayage around the world.

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 Thank you for
listening!

by: GROUP 1

DIANE LOPE
SHAICA P. SANDILANTAN
LUZILLE LIWA FERRER
DONNA APARIS
NICCA ANDREA VALDEZ
HANNAH GENE V. BACALSO
NOELYN SAHITARIOS