Magellan’s Voyage Around the World Cata raia chita- look well, sire (royalty)

India Magiore- India Major

Constantinople- an ancient city in present day, Turkey
Spagnia- Spain
Spice Islands- Moluccas Island (Indonesian archipelago)
Libras- pounds
Sobresalientes- supernumeraries, men coming from
Corniolli- large sea nails
prominent families
Laghan- a shellfish
Zamal- Samar
Ducados- ducats, gold or silver coins
Araca- arrack, palm white
Castiglin- Kastila, Spaniards
Bananas- figs
Matan- Mactan
Cocoanuts- coconuts, fruit of palm tree
Bulaia- city or village in Mactan which the group Pigafetta
Palmito- stalk
burned
Must- mist (typo daw)
Cutlass (long), Scimitar (short)- curved sword
Humunu- Humonhon
Mar Pacifico- Pacific Ocean
Acquada da li Segnialli- the watering-place of good signs
De Moluccis Insulis- The Moluccas Island
Sabbath- Sunday
St. Lazarus- San Lazaro
Prince Henry- navigator of Portugal
Schione- (two) gold earrings
Queen Isabella of Castille- wife of King Ferdinand II
Caphri- heathen, someone who is not religious or whose
King Ferdinand II of Aragon- husband of queen Isabella
religion is not Judaism, Islam, or Christian
Christopher Columbus- Italian explorer
Rizali- a fine thickly woven net for fishing
Ferdinand Magellan- Portuguese explorer
Orade- dorado, fish
Lapu-lapu- chieftain of Mactan
Casi casi- brother
Juan Sebastian Elcano- Spanish explorer, navigator
Molto in ordine- grandly decked out, dressed in a very fancy
Antonio Pigafetta- Venetian explorer
way (special occasion)
Born: around 1490
Storax and benzoin- resin
Place: Vicenza, Venica Italy
Calagan- Caraga
Father: Giovanni Pigafetta
Moros- Muslims
Mother: Angela Zoga (2nd wife)
Abba- God of Native
Education: astronomy, geography, cartography
Ceylon- Leyte
Description: a well-educated young man possessing an avid
Zubu- Cebu
curiosity of the world around him
Calghann- Calagan
Occupations and events: 1. Worked in ships owned by Knight
Pater Noster (Our Father) and Ave Maria- prayers
of Rhodes, 2. Joined the delegations of Monsignor Francesco
Balanghani- boat
Chieregati when it was assigned as Papa Nuncio to Spain in
Betre- betel, leaf (of a plant)
1519, 3. Admitted as sobresealientes in Magellan’s Voyage,
Mazaua- Limasawa, 5 wives
and 4. Joined the knights of St. John of Jerusalem in its battle
Leguas- leagues (2.4 to 4.6 statute miles)
against Turks.
Polo- Poro, municipality in Cebu
Died: sometime in 1534
Ticobon- Pasijan
Pozon- Pason
Ciama- Siam
King Carlos V- King of Spain (1516-1556) • Apanoaan
People whom Pigafetta presented his draft of his formal
account of the Magellan expedition to, hoping that they would Lalan (a village) chief:
help him finance its publication: • Theteu
• Pope Clemente VII Lalutan (a village) chief:
• Philippe de Villiers L’Isle-Adam- grandmaster of the • Tapan
Knights of Rhodes Cilumai (a village)
• Louis Savoy- mother of King Francis I of France Lubucan (a village)
Maximillian Transylvanus- also wrote an account about Zula and Cilapulapu (Lapu-Lapu)- chiefs of Matan
Magellan expedition before Pigafetta Francisco Albo- Victoria’s pilot, one of the survivors
Jacques Fabre- published Pigafetta’s manuscript (a Hernando de Bustamante- survivor of Victoria
condensed version) of Magellan expedition in Venice sometime Peter Martyr d’ Anghiera- Italian-born historian of Spain.
in 1536 Wrote accounts of the Spanish exploration of the New World
Sir Thomas Phillips- British collector, originally owned the which he divided into “decades”. The fifth decade appeared in
third copy of Pigafetta’s manuscript 1523 and it recounted the conquest of Mexico and the
Beinecke Rare Book- bought the third of Pigafetta’s circumnavigation of the world by Magellan
manuscript
James Alexander Robertson- made his own version of the
Ambrosian copy of Pigafetta’s manuscript which appeared in
the Philippine Island opus (vol. 33) as well as in a separate
edition
Enrique de Malacca- Magellan’s slave/ interpreter
Raia Colambu- the first king
Don Carlo
Don Fernando- the prince
Johanni- king of Mazaua
Fernando- a chief
Christoforo- the Moro
Johanna
Catherina- Johanna’s daughter, the wife of the prince
Lisabeta- the queen of Mazaua
Raia Humabon- king
Chinghapola (a village) chiefs:
• Cilaton
• Ciguibacan
• Cimaningha
• Cimatichat
• Cicanbul
Mandaui (a village) chief: