First Voyage around the

World
By: Antonio pigafetta
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Antonio pigafetta
• Famous Italian traveler born in Vicenza around 1490
and died in the same city in 1534.
• Also known by the name of Antonio Lombardo or
Francisco Antonio Pigafetta.
• Pigafetta was born into a wealthy Vicenza family,
and studied navigation.
• Became a great friend with Magallanes, who
accompanied, together with Juan Sebastián Elcano,
in the famous expedition to the Moluccas begun in
August of 1519 and finished in September 1522.
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Ferdinand Magellan
While in the service of Spain, the
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan led
the first European voyage of discovery to
circumnavigate the globe.
Ferdinand Magellan
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Synopsis

Ferdinand Magellan was born in Portugal, circa

1480. As a boy, he studied mapmaking and
navigation. By his mid-20s, he was sailing in
large fleets and was engaged in combat. In 1519,
with the support of Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V, Magellan set out to find a better route
to the Spice Islands. He assembled a fleet of
Ferdinand Magellan
ships which, despite huge setbacks and
Magellan's death, circumnavigated the world in
a single voyage.
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Early Life

Ferdinand Magellan was born in Portugal,

either in the city of Porto or in Sabrosa, circa
1480. His parents were members of the
Portuguese nobility and after in death,
Magellan became a page of the queen, at age
10. He studied at Queen Leonora's School of
Pages in Lisbon and spent his days in poring
over texts on cartography, astronomy, and Ferdinand Magellan

celestial navigation - subjects would serve him

well in his later pursuit.
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Navigator and Explorer

In 1505, when Ferdinand Magellan was in his mid-20s, he
joined a Portuguese fleet that was sailing to East Africa. By
1509, he found himself at the battle of Diu, in which the
Portuguese destroyed Egyptian ships in the Arabian Sea.
Two years later, he explored Malacca, located in present-
day Malaysia, and participated in the conquest of
Malacca's port. It was there that he acquired a native
servant he named Enrique. It is possible that Magellan
sailed as far as the Moluccas, islands in Indonesia, then
called the Spice Islands. The Moluccas were the original Ferdinand Magellan
source of some of the world's most valuable spices,
including cloves and nutmeg. The conquest of spice-rich
countries was, as a result, a source of much European
competition.
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Magellan set sail from Spain (Sept. 20, 1519)

Magellan took effort to find a western sea route to the rich Spice
Islands of Indonesia. In command of five ships and 270 men, Magellan
sailed to West Africa and then to Brazil, where he searched the South
American coast for a strait that would take him to the Pacific. He
searched the RÍo de la Plata, a large estuary south of Brazil, for a way
through.
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• Mar 15, 1521

Arrival of Magellan's expedition to one of the Philippine Islands.

They're headed to Suluan and dropped anchor for a few hours of
respite. Suluan is a small island in the province of Eastern Samar.
They then next dropped anchor at Homonhon, another small
island in the province of Eastern Samar. They were detected by
the boats of Rajah Kolambu who was visiting Mazaua, who later
guided them to Cebu.
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• Apr 6, 1522

Trinidad under the command of Espinosa leaves the Moluccas heading

home sailing east. After five weeks, Espinosa decides to return to the
Moluccas where he and his ship are captured by a Portuguese fleet
under Antonio de Brito.
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• May 22, 1522

Victoria passes the Cape of Good Hope and enters the

Atlantic Ocean.
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• Sep 6, 1522

Victoria returns to Sanlucar, completing the circumnavigation.

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• Sep 8, 1522

Victoria finally arrives at Seville.

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• San Antonio, charged to explore Magdalene Soun
(Oct 31, 1520 to May 21, 1521)

San Antonio fails to return to the fleet, instead sails back to Spain under
Estêvão Gomes who imprisoned the captain de Mesquita. The ship arrives
in Spain on May 21, 1521.