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Antonio Pigafetta

Venetian diplomat, historian, and explorer of the Pacific and Chile

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Born: c. 1480
Died: c. 1531
Works: 30

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Type: Person
Country: IT
Active from: 1678-03-04
Active to: 1741-07-28

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Key facts

Born: between 1480 and 1491, Vicenza , Republic of Venice , (present-day Italy )
Died: c. 1534 (aged around 40–50), Vicenza, Republic of Venice
Years active: 1500s–20s
Known for: Chronicling Magellan's circumnavigation

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Key dates

Born: 1490
Died: 1530

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Antonio
Gender: male
Citizenship: Republic of Venice
Place of birth: Vicenza
Place of death: Vicenza
Languages spoken: Italian
Award: Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Participant in: Magellan-Elcano expedition
Image: Antonio pigafetta.png

Article

Antonio Pigafetta ( Italian: [anˈtɔːnjo piɡaˈfetta]; c. 1491 – c. 1534) 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.

Pigafetta was one of the 18 men who made the complete trip, returning to Spain in 1522, under the command of Juan Sebastián Elcano, out of the approximately 240 who set out three years earlier. These men completed the first circumnavigation of the world while others mutinied and returned in the first year. Pigafetta's surviving journal is the source for much of what is known about Magellan and Elcano's voyage.