THE FIRST VOYAGE

AROUND THE WORLD

By: Antonio Pigaffeta

Who Is Antonio Pigaffeta?
Pigafetta's exact year of birth is not known,
with estimates ranging between 1480 and
1491. A birth year of 1491 would have made
him around 30 years old during Magellan's
expedition, which historians have considered
more probable than an age close to 40.

Pigafetta belonged to a rich family city of

Vicenza in northeast Italy. In his youth he
studied astronomy, geography and
cartography.
Who Is Antonio Pigaffeta?
An Italian scholar and explorer from the
Republic of Venice. He traveled with the
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and
his crew by order of King Charles I of Spain on
their voyage around the world.

The first chronicler who accompanied

Magellan in his circumnavigation of the
world.

One of the 18 men who returned to Spain in

1522.
Who Is Antonio Pigaffeta?
Pigafetta’s travelogue, The First Voyage
Around The World, contributed immensely to
the enrichment of Philippine historiography. His
writing provided us a glimpse of the political,
economic, and social conditions of the islands
in the Visayan region during 60th century.
What Makes Him Reliable?

He is a primary source and he was present

during the expedition.

During the voyage, which started in August

1519, Pigafetta collected extensive data
concerning the geography, climate, flora,
fauna and the native inhabitants of the
places that the expedition visited.
Who Is Ferdinand Magellan?
born 1480, Sabrosa or Porto?, Magellan died
on April 27, 1521, in Mactan, Philippines

A Portuguese navigator and explorer who

sailed under the flags of both Portugal (1505–
13) and Spain (1519–21).

Magellan was the son of Rui de Magalhães

and Alda de Mesquita, members of the
Portuguese nobility.

King Charles I Provided Magellan 5 ships under

his command. the ships are Trinidad, San
Antonio, Victoria, Conception, Santiago
Who Is Ferdinand Magellan?
Magellan served his country Portugal but after
falling out of favor and quarrelling with King D.
Manuel, he left for Spain, got married and
devoted his time studying maritime charts.

He discovered the straight of Magellan while

leading the first expedition to successfully
circumnavigate the globe.

Though he was killed in the Philippines, one of

his ships continued westward to Spain,
accomplishing the first circumnavigation
of Earth.
 September 20, 1519
Magellan set sail from Spain in an effort to find a
western sea route to the rich Spice Islands of
Indonesia.

September 26, 1519

they arrived at the Canary Islands where he
Canary Islands settled for a few days to gather supplies. As
they sailed towards South America they slowly
started running out of supplies, which called for
another supply stop.
 The fleet arrived Cape Verde and then set
course for Cape St. Augustine, Brazil

November 27, 1519

The fleet crossed the equator on

Magellan avoided Brazil as it is a

Portuguese territory.
 A mutiny broke-out in two of the five
APRIL 2, 1520 ships while at Puerto san Julian.

It was unsuccessful as majority of the

crew remained loyal to Magellan.
Captains Quesada and Mendoza were
executed while Juan Sebastian Elcano
was forgiven. Captain Cartagena and
a priest named De la Reina were
marooned on the coast.

When the journey resumed, SANTIAGO

was sent for a scouting expedition to
find a shorter way through the pacific
ocean. The ship was caught in a
sudden storm. The ship got wrecked
but all its crew survived
October 21, 1520
The remaining ships reached Cape
Virgenes
November 1, 1520
The ships started navigating the long canal that
Magellan named “Estrecho de Todos Los
Santos
November 20, 1520
Magellan commanded Concepcion and San
Antonio to explore the strait. SAN ANTONIO
However, deserted the fleet and went back to
Spain .

The strait is now named “Strait of Magellan”.

NORTH
NORTH
PACIFIC
PACIFIC

November 28, 1520

The remaining ships entered the South SOUTH
pacific PACIFIC

Magellan named the waters Mar

Pacifico (Pacific Ocean) because of
its apparent stillness.
March 6, 1521
Guam and Marianas
They named Guam “Landrones Island”
(Island of Thieves) because Trinidad’s small
boats were stolen in this island.

March 15, 1521

When they sighted the Philippine Island.
Magellan reached the island of
Homonhon together with the
remaining 150 members of his fleet.
They became the first Spaniards to
reach the Philippines
First Mass In Limasawa
The first Catholic mass in the
Philippines was on Easter
Sunday of March 31, 1521
officiated by Father Pedro de
Valderrama in the shore of a
town islet named as Limasawa
in the tip of Southern Leyte.
Rajah Siaui of Mazau
accompanied Magellan to
cebu. Rajah Humabon and
Magellan becames friends
together with the rajah’s wife,
they were baptized as Christian.
Magellan had wished to convert Lapu-Lapu of
the nearby island Mactan to Christianity. But
latter however dismissed the proposal.

Datu Lapu-Lapu was an enemy to Rajah

Humabon. Together with Datu Zula. Humabon
convinced Magellan to kill Lapu-Lapu.
When the fights begin, Magellan was killed.

The casualties suffered by the Spaniards left

them too few men to sail the 3 remaining ships.
May 2, 1521.
They decided to abandon and burned
CONCEPCION. they then fled to Palawan.
June 21, 1521
TRINIDAD and VICTORIA left Palawan and
remained anchored in brunei for 35 days.

November 16,1521
The two remaining ships reached Muluku island(spice
island) with 115 crew. They traded with sultan of
tidore , who is a rival of sultan of ternate, an ally of
Portugal.
December 21, 1521
VICTORIA set sail via Indian
ocean on its way back to Spain.
The shipwas commanded by
Juan Sebastian Elcano.

20 of the crew died of starvation

before reaching Cape Verde.

Elcano abandoned 13 more of

his crew in Cape Verde on July 9,
1522 in fear of losing his cargo of
26 tons of spices.
PACIFIC OCEAN
Several weeks later, TRINIDAD left and
attempted to return to Spain via pacific ocean.
The ship however was captured by the
Portuguese.

TRINIDAD was wrecked in a storm while

anchored under Portuguese control.

September 6, 1522
three years after they departed, VICTORIA
returned home to Spain with only 18 crew
members.
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