Who is Antonio Pigafetta

• Italian- (1490-1534) town of Venice Italy

• Parents- Giovanni Pigafetta & Angela Zoga.
• Astronomy, Geography and Cartography
• Educated young man
• Worked in ship owned by Knights of Rhodes
• Avid curiosity of the around him
• Joined the delegation of Monsignor Francisco
• Assigned papal nuncio to Spain 15619
• Acquainted with lucrative spice trade
• Joined in the Magellan voyage
• He presented his credential to Magellan
• Love adventure and military service
• He was survived the challenges and catastrophes they encountered during the voyage
• Including being wounded in the battle of Mactan
• He was among the 18 survivors who returned to Spain on September 6, 1522 board the Victoria with
Elcano- Sebastian
• He reported to his majesty king Carlos V
• He gave his handwritten report on what happened to them during the journey before he returning to his
native Italy.
• Very little is known as to what happened to him during the latter part of his life.
About the book
• His associates asked him to write the formal account and published it and he followed the advice
• He presented his draft to pope Clement VII hoping to finance him for its publication
• Unfortunately he was unable to find a financier, because it required a deposit
• The account of Maximilianus Transylvanues and Peter martyr already out.
• 1536 a condensed version of his manuscript was published in Venice by Jacques Fabre
• Pigafettas account is the longest and comprehensive-

• Copies of his manuscript were in

French- National Bibliotheque in Paris

British – collector sir Thomas Phillips
Italian mixed Spanish and venetian language- Ambrosian Library Milan
English version published by James Alexander Robertson, and the copy appeared in the Philippine island
What is the important contribution of Magellan Voyage- World

 Credit must given to the Magellan expedition proving that the earth is not flat but an oblate
sphere

 Demolished the myth that there is boiling water at the equator

 Confirmed that the Portuguese route is not the only way to the spice islands

 They brought to the attentions of the European that on the side of the America Continent exist a
large body of water– Pacific Ocean
Significant contribution to the Philippines
 Contribute immensely to the enrichment of the Philippine historiography
 His writing provided us glimpsed of political, economic, social, religious belief of early Filipino
 He described vividly the physical appearance of the Filipino people
 His account also contains data about the economic activities of the local folks
 He got all this information through the help of Enrique de Malacca
 Since both of them were not native in visaya there were inaccuracies in spelling of the names and places
they visited
 These help us specially our historian, it will serve as the basis of their works.
 It give us Christianity
 It identify that we Filipino are “friendly and brave”
 It tell us that we are rich in “Gold”