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Antonio Pigafetta wrote Primo Viaggio Intorno Al Mondo in 1525 to document Ferdinand Magellan's 1519-1522 expedition, which was the first to circumnavigate the globe. Pigafetta described encounters with Filipino groups like the people of Mactan Island and their battle against Magellan's forces. His account provides significant historical information about European contact with the Philippines and geographical discoveries of that time.

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Context Analysis

Antonio Pigafetta wrote Primo Viaggio Intorno Al Mondo in 1525 to document Ferdinand Magellan's 1519-1522 expedition, which was the first to circumnavigate the globe. Pigafetta described encounters with Filipino groups like the people of Mactan Island and their battle against Magellan's forces. His account provides significant historical information about European contact with the Philippines and geographical discoveries of that time.

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Title of the document where the selected text came from:


Excerpt from Antonio Pigafetta’s, Primo Viaggio Intorno Al Mondo in, in E.H.
Blair and J.A. Robertson. The Philippine Islands , vol XXXIII, pp. 175-187

Original language of the document: The text was originally written in Italian.

Language used in translation: The language used in translation is English.

Translator: James Alexander Robertson translated the text.

Author’s name: Antonio Pigafetta

Birth (Date and Place): 1941, Italy Death: 1531

Relevant information about the author that would link the author to the primary
source:
The expedition of Magellan was chronicled in 1519 by Antonio Pigafetta. Even
after the Captain's passing in 1521, he continued to record the events of the
voyage. He was one of the 18 men that, under Juan Sebastián Elcano's
command, boarded the ship Victoria in 1522 to sail back to Spain. He wrote the
document Primo Viaggio Intorno Al Mondo after the journey, which was
distributed to the European nobles.

Date of writing and/or Publication of the original document:


The text is written some time in 1525. After Pigafetta's death in 1531, the report
was published in the 1550s by Italian historian Giovanni Battista Ramusio.

Author’s Purpose for writing the document:


To give a complete narrative of what transpired to Magellan's expedition from
1519 to 1522.

What was happening in history around the time that the document was written?
When the document was written and made public, everything that occurred
at the Battle of Mactan up to the Spanish survivors' escape was revealed. It firmly
established that the globe was round, and as a result of this expedition, certain
geographers began to better grasp the planet and its diverse areas.

Who was the intended audience of the document?


It was meant to astound and impress the Europeans and tell them what
happened during the expedition.
Content Analysis
What is the main topic of the selected text analyzed?
The main topic of the selected text describes the 1519-1522 Magellan voyage
and the escape of the Spanish survivors. It demonstrated how daring the
Filipinos were in battling the invaders who occupied the nation. Filipinos assisted
one another in protecting their homeland from invaders.

Who were the groups of people mentioned?


Zula, chief of Matan, Cilapulapu, King of Spagnia, The Natives, Christian King,
An Indian, San Martin de Sevilla, Duarte Barboza, Henrich, Johan Serrano, Donia
Beatrice and Johan Carvaio.

What were the places mentioned?


Island of Matan, Moro and Spagnia.

What were the key topics discussed? Enumerate in numbered or bullet form.
1. The first voyage around the world.
2. Battle of Mactan.
3. Escape of the Spanish survivors.

If there are any, what are the personal biases, suspected errors or misleading
statements of the author that showed up in the document? Name at least 2.
1. It was biased to Ferdinand Magellan.
2. The author was prejudice to the Filipino natives.

What do you think is the historical significance of this document?


Pigafetta holds the distinction of having recorded the first encounter between
Filipinos and Europeans, a significant milestone in Philippine history. His
participation in the first globe circumnavigation between 1519 and 1522, which
he was able to complete following Ferdinand Magellan's murder, is primarily
responsible for the significance of his own expedition. He left a detailed account
of the journey in the Report of the First Trip Around the World, a lost manuscript
that was later discovered in 1797 and is now regarded as some of the most
significant documentary evidence relating to the geographical discoveries of
the time.
Reference:

Excerpt from Antonio Pigatta’s, Primo Viaggio Intorno AI Mondoin, in E.H. Blair
and J.A. Robertson. The Philippine Islands, vol XXXIII, pp. 175-187

Brockmeier, E. K. (2019). Around the world in 1,082 days. Retrieved from


https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/around-world-1082-days

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