Biography of antonio pigafetta
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Biography of antonio pigafetta
Scientist of the Day - Antonio Pigafetta
“Five of the islands where grow the cloves [Moluccas],” watercolor in Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo, by Antonio Pigafetta, French translation, Beinecke MS 351, fol.
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Antonio Pigafetta, a Ventetian writer and adventurer, set sail on Sep. 20, 1519, on board the Trinidad, on what would turn out to be the first circumnavigation of the globe. The captain of the Trinidad was Fernão de Magalhães, a Portuguese navigator known to English speakers as Ferdinand Magellan.
Although Portuguese, Magellan was sailing under the flag and patronage of the King of Spain.
Short biography of antonio pigafetta
The purpose was to find a new western route to the Spice Islands. Pigafetta was on board as a supernumerary, just along for the ride. He intended to write and publish an account of his adventures.
Title page, Navigation et decouvrement de la Inde superieure et isls de Malucque, translation of Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo,