Antonio Pigafetta - The 1st Voyage Around the World

• • The First Voyage Around the World - title of Pigafetta's document
• • Antonio Pigafetta - author of the document
• Ferdinand Magellan - leader of the expedition
• 1519 - the voyage first started
• He became an official chronicler to Ferdinand Magellan during his circumnavigation of the world from 1519-1522.
• San Lucar, Barrameda, Spain - place where the voyage started
• 3 months - time that Pigafetta stayed in Seville
• 5 ships - no. of ships that were used in the voyage
• • Trinidad, Santiago, Victoria, Concepción, and San Antonio -names of the ships used in the voyage
• Juan Sebastian Elcano - captain who took over when Magellan died
• trenche - thick cord of reeds that were lighted
• August 10, 1519 - they set sail from Seville to Guadalcavir
• 237 men - total no. of people in 5 ships
• Betis - name of river which is now called Guadalcavir
• Our Lady of Barrameda - church in St. Lucar
• September 20, 1519 - the date they left St. Lucar
• September 26, 1519 - the date they arrived at Canaria named Teneriphe
• 3 days & and half- days they've remained in Teneriphe
• Verzin (Brazil) - the country that is larger than France, Spain & Italy together and has been conquered by the King of Portugal
• Boy - term used by the Verzin people to call their long houses
• Amache - term used by the Verzin people to call where they sleep in cotton nets
• Canoo - the term used by Verzin people for boats that are made of a tree
• Cacich - king of Verzin
• 13 days - the days they stayed in Verzin
• Cannibals - men who eat human flesh
• St. Anselmo, St. Nicholas & Sta. Clara - 3 holy bodies that appeared to Pigafetta and the crew
• John - name of the giant that was baptised by Pigafetta and the crew
• 5 months - the time they've stayed at the port of St. Julian
• John of Carthagine, Loys de Mendoza, Anthony Cocha & Gaspar de Casada - people who plotted treason against the captain-general
• St. James - the ship that was lost
• October 21 - the day of the Eleven Thousand Virgins
• Martin of Bohemia - a great pilot & mariner who made a map
• St. Anthony - the ship that returned to Spain
• Capac - term used for bread by the giant
• Paul - the unwell giant who wished to become a Christian before his death
• November 28, 1520 - the date that Pigafetta & crew entered the Pacific sea
• 3 months and 20 days - the time Pigafetta & crew remained w/o taking in foods or drinks
• 19 - the amt of people who had died in the Pacific
• Pacific - aka tranquil or peace
• Tiburoni - sharks found in the Unfortunate Islands