by Juan Sebastián de Elcano, Antonio Pigafetta, Maximiliano Transilvano, Francisco Albo, Ginés de Mafra · Miraguano Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478133895
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This book tells the story of the first circumnavigation of the globe, started by Ferdinand Magellan in 1519 and completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano in 1522. It includes direct testimonies from its protagonists, such as the Diary of Antonio Pigafetta, a letter from Juan Sebastián de Elcano, a route of Francisco Albo, a report written by Ginés de Mafra, the Roteiro of a Genoese pilot, and the letter of Maximiliano Transilvano. This edition brings together these historical accounts in a single volume for the first time.
Antonio Pigafetta was a Venetian scholar and explorer. In 1519, he joined the Spanish expedition to the Spice Islands led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the world's first documented circumnavigation, and is best known for being the chronicler of the voyage. During the expedition, he served as Magellan's assistant until Magellan's death in the Philippine Islands, and kept an accurate journal, which later assisted him in translating the Cebuano language. It is the first recorded document concerning the language.
