by Antonio Pigafetta · MAXTOR EDITORIAL · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788490015773
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Account by Antonio Pigafetta of Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation voyage. The Portuguese sailor, displeased with the King of Portugal, offered his services to the Spanish crown. In 1518, he met with Emperor Charles V and signed the articles of agreement that would give rise to the first voyage around the world, following a route opposite to that of the Portuguese, eastward in search of the Spice Islands. Pigafetta narrates the vicissitudes of this expedition, following Magellan with admiration and, after his death in Mactan (Philippines), recounts the rest of the expedition until his return to Spain.
Antonio Pigafetta was a Venetian scholar and explorer. In 1519, he joined the Spanish expedition to the Spice Islands led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the world's first documented circumnavigation, and is best known for being the chronicler of the voyage. During the expedition, he served as Magellan's assistant until Magellan's death in the Philippine Islands, and kept an accurate journal, which later assisted him in translating the Cebuano language. It is the first recorded document concerning the language.
