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 settled for a
Canary Islands few days to gather supplies. As they sailed towards South
America they slowly started running out of supplies,
which called for another supply stop.
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Ver
p e The fleet arrived Cape Verde and then set course for
Ca
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 ships
APRIL 2, 1520 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 pacific SOUTH
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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