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

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In Seville, Pigafetta heard of Magellan's planned expedition and decided to join, accepting the title of supernumerary (that exceeds the number) and a modest salary of 1,000 maravedís. During the voyage, which started in August 1519, Pigafetta collected extensive data

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Pigafetta was wounded on Mactan in the Philippines, where Magellan was killed in the Battle of Mactanin April 1521. Nevertheless, he

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Antonio Pigafetta wrote at least two books, both of which have survived:
• Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo (1524-1525);
• Regole sull'arte del navigare (1524-1525) (contained in Andrea Da Mosto, ed. (1894). Il primo viaggio intorno al globo di Antonio Pigafetta e le sue regole sull'arte del navigare

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In June 2019, in the context of the quincentenary of the circumnavigation, an exhibition entitled Pigafetta: cronista de la primera vuelta al mundo Magallanes Elcano opened in Madrid

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• Lord Stanley of Alderley, The first voyage round the world, by Magellan, London: The Hakluyt Society (1874) - includes Pigefetta's journal and his

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Antonio Pigafetta also wrote a book, in which a detailed account of the voyage was given. It is quite unclear when it was first published and what

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