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The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made
available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of
exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899,
consists of 100 books containing published or previously
unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir
Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and
Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This 1874 volume contains
an account of the first circumnavigation of the globe in 1519 1522
by Antonio Pigafetta, a Venetian member of Magellan's expedition.
It also contains Pigafetta's treatise on navigation, and other
material relating to Magellan's voyage, including log-books,
records by the pilot and others, and details of the crew and the
cost of the fleet. Pigafetta vividly recorded the geography,
climate, flora, fauna and the inhabitants of the places that the
expedition visited, as well as Magellan's death in the Philippines.
On 10 August 1519, five ships departed from Seville for what was to
become the first circumnavigation of the globe. Linked by fame to
the name of its captain, Magellan, much of the expedition is known
through the travelogue of one of the few crew members who returned
to Spain, Antonio Pigafetta. A narrative and cartographic record of
the journey (including 23 hand-drawn watercolour charts) from
Patagonia to Indonesia, from the Philippines to the Cape of Good
Hope, Pigafetta's The First Voyage around the World is a classic of
discovery and exploration literature. This volume is based on the
critical edition by Antonio Canova. It includes an extensive
introduction to the work and generous annotations by Theodore J.
Cachey Jr who discusses the marvelous elements of the story through
allusions to Magellan's travels made by writers as diverse as
Shakespeare and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. However, Cachey is careful
to point out that Pigafetta's book is far from just a marvel-filled
travel narrative. The First Voyage around the World is also a
remarkably accurate ethnographic and geographical account of the
circumnavigation, and one that has earned its reputation among
modern historiographers and students of the early contacts between
Europe and the East Indies. Expertly presented and handsomely
illustrated, this edition of Pigafetta's classic travelogue is sure
to enlighten new readers and invigorate the imagination as the
story has done since it first appeared.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo
Primer viaje alrededor del mundo o Relacion de Pigafetta, es la
fuente principal de informacion sobre el viaje y sus
descubrimientos para el mundo occidental, ademas de la propia vida
de Pigafetta. Por primera vez un europeo daba a conocer el estrecho
de Magallanes, el Oceano Pacifico, la Patagonia o el primer
documento disponible acerca del idioma cebuano, de Filipinas.
Pigafetta fue uno de los 18 hombres, de 265 en la tripulacion
inicial, que sobrevivieron a la expedicion.
Remarkable firsthand account by one of the few survivors. Detailed record of new lands, flora, fauna, shipboard life, etc.
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