CONTENT AND CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS

Magellan’s Voyage Around the World

 
Instructions: Do a content and contextual analysis of the given historical source by
answering the guide questions inside the table below. Write your answers briefly and
direct to the point. Each question is worth 5 points.

 
CONTENT CREATOR
1. What is the main idea? 1. Who wrote the document?

The said historical document was

The story behind the Magellan’s Voyage written by Antonio Pigafetta.
around the World mainly focuses on the
adventures, chronological happenings of the 2. When was the document written?
past expeditions, explorations and
colonizations of Magellan. The document was written on 1525
which is years after the actual Magellan-
Eclo expedition that happened on 1521.

3. How did the author know about the

event?

  Antonio Pigafetta know about the

events in relation to the Magellan’s
Voyage around the World because he
heard of Magellan's planned expedition
and decided to join, accepting the title of
supernumerary (sobresaliente), and a
modest salary of 1,000 maravedís . He
was also one of the explorer of the
expedition and served as Magellan’s
assistant which led him write an
accurate journal about the Voyage.

4. Why was the document written

The primary reason why Antonio

Pigafetta wrote the document was
because he wanted to prove that
the world was round. He wanted to learn
about the world and he took the chance
to let himself explore the world through
joining Magellan’s expedition.

5.      Why did the author keep the document?

The document was kept by the author

because he wants to inform everyone on
how Magellan changes some
speculations regarding to the world and
made some revisions towards people
perspectives and beliefs.
CONTEXT
1.     What is going on when the source was
created?
  Magellan's achievement was a landmark
in the history of exploration still hailed by his
modern-day successors. Perhaps his
greatest feat, and still considered today one
of the greatest feats of the history of
navigation, was negotiating this strait, of
which there were no maps and whose
existence was vaguely rumoured. When the
source was created, there was an expedition
of Magellan around the world. Magellan had
influenced innocent Filipinos with their
traditions and beliefs.
COMMUNICATION
1. Is the source credible and reliable?
Explain.
The source is credible and reliable since
Magellan provided a primary source.
Because he was able to give an
approximate date knowing that he was an
explorer. He clearly identifies the
experiences, the nearness to the event,
motives, origin, and ideology. The chronicle
of Pigafetta was one of the most cited
documents by historian who wished to study
the pre-colonial Philippines. As one of the
earliest written accounts, Pigafetta was seen
as a credible source for a period, which was
prior unchronicled and undocumented.
CONNECTION
What is your prior knowledge and your
newly acquired knowledge?
The prior knowledge that I acquired
was the fact that Magellan had travelled
around the world introducing spices and
influences us with Christianity. While the
newly acquired knowledge that I’ve
learned is that Antonio Pigafetta was the
one who wrote the Magellan’s Voyage
around the World which provided us
information that helps us understand the
expedition during the 16th century.
CONCLUSION
1. How does the source contribute to
your understanding of the past?
The said historical source contributed
to my understanding by imparting to our
knowledge that the Europeans’ has
marked the worlds of space exploration
and astronomy to this day. Through
gaining information and the happenings
during the 16th century with the use of the
source written by Antonio Pigafetta, we
have learnt how Magellan colonizes and
influences the Filipinos with the religion
known as Christianity.