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Antonio Pigafetta

Antonio Pigafetta (c. 1491 – c. 1531) was an Italian scholar and explorer from the Republic of Venice. He joined the expedition to the Spice Islands led by 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. During the expedition, he served as Magellan's assistant and kept an accurate journal which later assisted him in translating the Cebuano language. It is the first recorded document concerning the language.

Pigafetta was one of the 18 men who returned 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. Pigafetta's surviving journal is the source for much of what is known about Magellan and Elcano's voyage.

At least one warship of the Italian Navy, a destroyer of the Navigatori class, was named after him in 1931.

Source: Antonio Pigafetta on Wikipedia.

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Venetian diplomat, historian, and explorer of the Pacific and Chile

Born c. 1480
Died c. 1531

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Venetian diplomat, historian, and explorer of the Pacific and Chile

Born c. 1480
Died c. 1531

Subjects

Voyages around the world, Early works to 1800, Travel, Navigation, Description and travel, Expedición Magallanes-Elcano, History, Navegación, Viajes alrededor del mundo, Cartes, Circunnavegación Magallanes-Elcano, Discovery and explorations, Early accounts to 1600, Exploración del océano Pacífico, Exploración y descubrimientos, Exploration of the Pacific Ocean, Globes, Imperio español, Indian linguistics, Journeys, Juvenile literature, Magalhaes, fernao de, -1521, Magellan–Elcano's circumnavigation, Maritime history, Ouvrages avant 1800

Places

América, Indonesia, Islas Molucas, America, Europe, Istanbul, Istanbul (Turkey), Maluku (Indonesia), Océano pacífico, Pacific Ocean, Philippines, Turkey

People

Fernão de Magalhães (-1521), Antonio Pigafetta (approximately 1480-approximately 1534), Fernando de Magallanes (1480-1521), Fernão de Magalhães (1480-1521), Juan Sebastián Elcano (1486-1526), Antonio Pigafetta (ca. 1480/91-ca. 1534), Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), Fernão de Magalhães (d. 1521), Marco Antonio Pigafetta, Martin Behaim (1459?-1507)

Time

1519-1522, 1521-1898

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Alternative names

  • Marco Antonio Pigafetta

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June 28, 2024 Edited by dcapillae Edited without comment.
June 28, 2024 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ids
April 19, 2020 Edited by dcapillae Updated dates
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import