First Voyage

Around
the World

Antonio Pigafetta

(Pages 23-48)
Agenda

Photos of the text

01 Primary Source

Antonio Pigafetta’s Profile

02 Author’s Background

Content and contextual analysis of the

03 Analysis
presented text

History Importance
04 Contribution
 Serves as one of the primar
y evidences of Ferdinand Magellan
’s circumnavigation from 1519-152
2.
This also contains some of t
he most
important and clear descriptions of
Philippine
Culture including earlier customs &
Obtained from Central Luzon State University (CLSU) Library- Filipiniana Section
Date Accessed: 2019-10-04
Obtained from Central Luzon State University (CLSU) Library- Filipiniana Section
Date Accessed: 2019-10-04
 1490-1534 Italian

Initially linked to the order of Rhodes,

which was Knight, went to Spain in 1519
Francisco
Became friends with Magallanes,
Antonio who accompanied, together with Juan
Sebastian Elcano, in the famous expedition
Pigafetta to the Moluccas begun in August of 1519
and finished in September 1522.

The account of Pigafetta is the single

most important source about the voyage
of circumnavigation, despite its tendency
to include fabulous details

Obtained from The Biography (2018) <https://thebiography.us/en/ His report is rich in ethnographic details.
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Date Accessed: 2019-10-06
Other
Works
• Key Phrases and Terms

• Descriptions of Culture
Key Phrases and Terms
 Phrases
“The Captain General
1 2
said that he had two
hundred men in each
ship who were armed in
that manner”
“Early on the morning
3 4
of Sunday, the last
March and Eastern day ,
the captain general sent
the priest with some
men to prepare the
place where Mass was
to be said”
“Then he had a cross
carried in and the nails
and a crown, to which
they made immediate
reverence”
“The captain did that so
that the Muslim who
seemed more intelligent
than the others will
relay the message”
 Phrases
“ He spoke immediately
5 6
and said that by the
grace of our lord, he
felt very well. That was
the most manifest
miracle that happened
in our times”
“That island of his was
called Butuan and
Calagan. When those
kings wished to see
one another, they both
went to hunt in that
island where we were.
The name of the first
king is Raia Colalmbu
and Raia Siaui”
 Terms

Humunu Zubu

1 Refers to the place that

Pigafetta and his
comrades . “The
Watering place of Good
Signs”
2 Now known as Cebu.
One of the provinces in
the Central Visayas. It is
also the oldest city and
the first capital of the
Phiilippines.

Caphri Balanghai and Boloto

3 Dark, fat, and painted

people who were also
described as naked.
4 Boloto- small boats
Balanghai- large boats
 Terms

Anime Casicasi

5 Gum of a tree
Used in making lights
6 Means brother

Abba

7 Refers to their god

Description of Culture
 Cultures Described
Below is the list of significant traditions and cultures mentioned in the reference

Tattoos Lifestyle
Early Tradition Monarchy

Houses, Foods,
Signs of Power
Clothing

Accepting Visitors It also gave evidence that Helped in visualizing the

Showed in the text is the
early custom of accepting
visitors by giving them the
treasures of the island
King
tattoos are highly valued types of houses during
during earlier times as it that period and how the
Described the earlier form
signifies strength and early Filipinos are
of political system existing
authority among others. resourceful when it
in the Philippines
comes to living.
 Cultures Described
Below is the list of significant traditions and cultures mentioned in the reference

Tattoos Lifestyle
Early Tradition Monarchy

Houses, Foods,
Signs of Power
Clothing

Accepting Visitors It also gave evidence that Helped in visualizing the

Showed in the text is the
early custom of accepting
visitors by giving them the
treasures of the island
King
tattoos are highly valued types of houses during
during earlier times as it that period and how the
Described the earlier form
signifies strength and early Filipinos are
of political system existing
authority among others. resourceful when it
in the Philippines
comes to living.

Below is the list of significant traditions and cultures mentioned in the reference
Early Tradition
Accepting Visitors
Showed in the text is the
early custom of accepting
visitors by giving them the
treasures of the island
Cultures Described
Tattoos Lifestyle
Monarchy
Houses, Foods,
Signs of Power
Clothing
It also gave evidence that Helped in visualizing the
King
tattoos are highly valued types of houses during
during earlier times as it that period and how the
Described the earlier form
signifies strength and early Filipinos are
of political system existing
authority among others. resourceful when it
in the Philippines
comes to living.

Below is the list of significant traditions and cultures mentioned in the reference
Early Tradition
Accepting Visitors
Showed in the text is the
early custom of accepting
visitors by giving them the
treasures of the island
Cultures Described
Tattoos Lifestyle
Monarchy
Houses, Foods,
Signs of Power
Clothing
It also gave evidence that Helped in visualizing the
King
tattoos are highly valued types of houses during
during earlier times as it that period and how the
Described the earlier form
signifies strength and early Filipinos are
of political system existing
authority among others. resourceful when it
in the Philippines
comes to living.
 Cultures Described
Below is the list of significant traditions and cultures mentioned in the reference

Tattoos Lifestyle
Early Tradition Monarchy

Houses, Foods,
Signs of Power
Clothing

Accepting Visitors It also gave evidence that Helped in visualizing the

Showed in the text is the
early custom of accepting
visitors by giving them the
treasures of the island
King
tattoos are highly valued types of houses during
during earlier times as it that period and how the
Described the earlier form
signifies strength and early Filipinos are
of political system existing
authority among others. resourceful when it
in the Philippines
comes to living.
 Contributions
Describes how to take
the altitude of the pole Gave insights on the
star to determine discovery of
Overturned many of Provided a demonstration
latitude, know the wind the Philippines and
the conventions of of the sphericity of the direction and other Helped with theorical
the culture it had during
Earth and revolutionized minor navigation and navigational problems.
traditional geograph that
the solid belief problems..
y. period

Obtained from The Biography (2018) <https://thebiography.us/en/pigafetta-antonio>

Date Accessed: 2019-10-06