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    First Voyage Around The World: Antonio Pigaffeta

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    Antonio Pigafetta accompanied Ferdinand Magellan on the first circumnavigation of the Earth from 1519-1522. The expedition set sail from Spain in 1519 with 270 men on five ships. After passing through the Strait of Magellan in 1520, which connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Magellan named the new body of water the Pacific Ocean. During stops in the Philippines in 1521, Magellan was killed in battle. The sole surviving ship, Victoria, returned to Spain under the command of Juan Sebastian Elcano in 1522, completing the first voyage around the world.

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    Antonio Pigafetta accompanied Ferdinand Magellan on the first circumnavigation of the Earth from 1519-1522. The expedition set sail from Spain in 1519 with 270 men on five ships. After passing through the Strait of Magellan in 1520, which connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Magellan named the new body of water the Pacific Ocean. During stops in the Philippines in 1521, Magellan was killed in battle. The sole surviving ship, Victoria, returned to Spain under the command of Juan Sebastian Elcano in 1522, completing the first voyage around the world.

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    Antonio Pigafetta accompanied Ferdinand Magellan on the first circumnavigation of the Earth from 1519-1522. The expedition set sail from Spain in 1519 with 270 men on five ships. After passing through the Strait of Magellan in 1520, which connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Magellan named the new body of water the Pacific Ocean. During stops in the Philippines in 1521, Magellan was killed in battle. The sole surviving ship, Victoria, returned to Spain under the command of Juan Sebastian Elcano in 1522, completing the first voyage around the world.

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    First Voyage Around The World: Antonio Pigaffeta

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    Antonio Pigafetta accompanied Ferdinand Magellan on the first circumnavigation of the Earth from 1519-1522. The expedition set sail from Spain in 1519 with 270 men on five ships. After passing through the Strait of Magellan in 1520, which connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Magellan named the new body of water the Pacific Ocean. During stops in the Philippines in 1521, Magellan was killed in battle. The sole surviving ship, Victoria, returned to Spain under the command of Juan Sebastian Elcano in 1522, completing the first voyage around the world.

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    ANTONIO PIGAFFETA

    FIRST VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD

    1519
    20 September 1519
    August 10, 1519
    270 men including
    Portugese explorer
    They set sail and left Ferdinand Magellan and
    Spain. Pigafetta left Seville.
    October 3, 1519
    September 26, 1519
    The fleet departed the Canary
    The fleet stopped in the
    Islands, sailing south along
    Canary Islands, where they
    the coast of Africa.
    took in supplies.

    October 21, 1520


    They spotted a headland which
    1520
    they named Cape Virgenes. Past November 28, 1520
    the cape, they found a large bay. The fleet's remaining three
    This was the passage they sought, ships completed the
    which would come to be known as journey to Pacific.
    the Strait of Magellan. At the time, Magellan named the
    Magellan referred to it as the waters "Mar Pacifico"
    Estrecho (Canal) de Todos los (Pacific Ocean) because of
    Santos ("All Saints' Channel"). its apparent stillness.

    1521 March 16, 1521


    Magellan arrived in the
    Philippines on the island
    March 28, 1521 now called Samal, then
    Magellan and his troops landed on the island of
    met the king, who arrived Homonhon.
    aboard the Ballanghai.
    March 31, 1521
    April 8, 1521 First Mass held in the
    Initially, Magellan and his Philippines.
    men encountered some
    struggle first entering the April 14, 1521
    port of Zubu. Pigafetta showed the queen
    an image of our Lady, a
    April 27, 1521 very beautiful wooden child
    The battle of Mactan Jesus, and a cross.
    happened. He died that day
    because of a shot of a December 21, 1521
    poisoned arrow. The Victoria set sail via
    the Indian Ocean route.

    1522
    September 6, 1522
    Elcano and the remaining
    crew of Magellan's voyage
    returned to Spain aboard
    Victoria, almost exactly
    three years after they
    departed.

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