THE FIRST VOYAGER AROUND

THE WORLD
"BACKGROUND OF
THE AUTHOR"
 Antonio Pigafetta

Antonio Pigafetta born in year

1490's-1531 there is no exact date.
•Antonio Pigafetta lived in Vicenza, Republic of
Venice he is a Venetian

•Antonio’s Pigafetta Years active 1500s-20,s

•Antonio Pigafetta known for chronicling

Magellan's circumnavigatio or magellans
expedition
•Pigafetta was one of the 18 men who made
the complete trip, returning to Spain in 1522,
under the command of Juan Sebastián Elcano,
out of the approximately 240 who set out
three years earlier. These men completed the
first circumnavigation of the world. Others
mutinied and returned in the first year.
Pigafetta's surviving journal is the source for
much of what is known about Magellan and
Elcano's voyage.
• Antonio Pigafetta studied astronomy, geography
and cartography
• Antonio Pigafetta was an Italian scholar and
explorer. He joined the expedition to the Spice
Islands led by explorer Ferdinand Magellan under
the flag of the emperor Charles V and after
Magellan's death in the Philippine Islands, the
subsequent voyage around the world.
•Pigafetta was wounded on Mactan in
the Philippines, where Magellan was
killed in the Battle of Mactan in April
1521 Relazione del primo viaggio
intorno al mondo (1524-1525);
Regole sull'arte del navigare
 “HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND OF THE
DOCUMENTS”
• Antonio Pigafetta's primary reason in writing the
document is to discover and learn more about the
world When did Pigafetta wrote the first voyage?
1522 and 1525
Pigafetta kept a detailed journal, the original of
which is lost.
• However, an account of the voyage, written by
Pigafetta between 1522 and 1525, survives in four
manuscript versions: one in Italian and three in
French.
• They want to discover new route for trading which
is to explore another route for trading
• There are competition between the two country
which is Portugal and Spain
• They want to expand their territory and to discover
new spices
• Competition of the two rivalries
• The royal king of Spain told Ferdinand Magellan
to travel to know new route and to expand
teritories
• Along the expedition Magellan and Magellan's
people suffered to much because of natural
calamities
• The expedition of Magellan the Christianity is the
instrument even they success to introduce the
religion Magellan died.
• Only 3 boats reached the Philippines and only 1
returned and the name of ship is Victoria
 ABOUT THE BOOK
What specific information of importance is
provided in the first voyage around the world?
 What specific information of importance is
provided in the first voyage around the world?

• It established commercial contacts between East

and West that remained for centuries. Also, it
promoted the exchange of multiple sorts of
experiences (scientific, cultural, religious...). Huge
areas of America and Asia were known and visited
afterwards by Europeans thanks to the maps
made during this voyage
• Pigafetta's journal became the basis for his 1525
travelogue, The First Voyage Around the World.
According to scholar Theodore Cachey Jr., the
travelogue represented “the literary epitome of its
genre” and achieved an international reputation
(Cachey, xii-xiii).Nov 20, 2013
• The Pigafetta chronicle is one of the documents
most cited by historians studying the pre-colonial
Philippines.
(Important personages cited in the document)
• Ferdinand Magellan – captain general or leader of
the expedition
• Antonio Pigafetta- official chronicler of the
expedition
• Raia Colambu- king of mazaua
• Raia Siaui- king of Butuan
• Raia Humabon- king of Zubu or Cebu
• Raia Cilapulapu and Raia Zula- chief or king of
Matan or Mactan
“ANALYSIS OF THE
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL
INFORMATION FOUND IN
THE DOCUMENT”
• Enrique was from Sumatra (Present day Indonesia)
and was a slave of Ferdinand Magellan
• March 17, 1521- Arrival in Zamal or Samar at
present
• April 1, 1521- The first mass in the philippines was
held in Mazaua or Limasawa
• April 8, 1521- Magellan and his men entered the
port of Zubu
• April 15,1521- A mass was held with Raia
Humabon and his people attending the ceremony
• April 27, 1521- According to Zula the chief of
Matan Cilapulapu refused to obey the king
• April 28, 1521- At midnight 60 of Magellan’s men
set out armed with corslets and helmets, Christian
kings, Prince, some of the chief men, 20 or 30
balanghais
• April 27, 1521- According to Zula the chief of
Matan Cilapulapu refused to obey the king
• April 28, 1521- At midnight 60 of Magellan’s men
set out armed with corslets and helmets, Christian
kings, Prince, some of the chief men, 20 or 30
balanghais
“CONTRIBUTION AND
RELEVANCE OF THE
DOCUMENT IN
UNDERSTANDING THE GRAND
NARRATIVE OF THE PHILIPPINE
HISTORY”
•It is the only known document about Lapu-Lapu's
life.
•Due to the daily notes Pigafetta took and details
about the expedition that he wrote about, he is
considered the best source today of the customs
and usages of the Filipinos in the early 16th
century.
• A primary source account assisted us in
understanding how early Filipino lived.
• Several "DATUS" are said to have joined forces
with the Europeans. As a result, we can conclude
that societies of varying sophisticated existed in the
Philippines prior to Magellan's expedition.
•It emphasizes the native's generosity and
hospitality to the expedition team. After all, there
might not have been a circumnavigation if the locals
on Homonhon Island had not offered food and
water to the Europeans, and the ship's rations had
not been replenished from local sources. The
emphasis on hospitality - a national myth-making
that could shape the next 500 years of Philippine
history.
• It helped us understand how Filipinos lived in the
past and how they dealt with Magellan and his men
•Contains the first vocabulary of Visayan words
ever presented by European.
•Starting point of the first expedition around the
world.
•The book serves as evidence that the world is
around and not flat.
• This book assists today's researchers and students
in comprehending the context of the Magellan
expedition and the origins of the entire European -
Philippines conflict commenced.
•Magellan discovered Pacific Ocean.
•Businesses rose because of the discoveries that
made up the different products. Collaborations
were also made that benefited the different sides.
•Opened many doors in the Philippines.
•We discover what religion Filipinos in the past
used to have.
•We found out how Catholicism rises in the
Philippines.
•We found out that our ancestors fought and
delayed the Spanish occupation foryears.
•Pigafetta presented the events in a chronological
order that gives readers a vividimage of what it was
like to be a part of the first voyage around the
world.