the first voyage round the world by Magellan : translated from the accounts of Pigafetta and other contemporary writers

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 The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India.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. Con la edición de la *Relación del Primer viaje alrededor del Mundo. Noticias del Mundo Nuevo con las figuras de los países que se descubrieron señalados por Antonio Pigafetta. Vicentino. Caballero de Rodas*, el lector está ante un libro de aventuras, que contiene la auténtica vivida por los los que lograron dar la vuelta a la tierra. Es mejor copiar a Ramusio que glosar sus palabras: «El viaje relaizado por los españoles alrededor del mundo es una de las cosas más grandes y maravillosas que se han oído en nuestros tiempos; y aunque superamos en muchas cosas a los antiguos ésta superaría en gran medida, todas las que hasta este tiempo han sido halladas». Para esta edición se ha utilizado el texto de la *Relación*, preparado por Camillo Manfroni, traducido del italiano por F. Ros y con estudio introductorio y notas aclaratorias del prof. Bartolomé Escandell Bonet, *Bibliotheca Indiana*, Tomo I, Editorial Aguilar, 1957. Se ha elegido reeditar la versión italiana de Camillo Manfroni por ser fiel al texto original del manuscrito de la Biblioteca Ambrosiana. El volumen cuenta con notas e introducción de su editor, el historiador español Leoncio Cabrero. Cover......Page 1 Frontmatter......Page 2 Contents......Page 12 INTRODUCTION......Page 14 CHRONOLOGY OF THE FIRST VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD......Page 72 THE GENOESE PILOT'S ACCOUNT OF MAGELLAN'S VOYAGE......Page 74 NARRATIVE OF THE ANONYMOUS PORTUGUESE......Page 103 PIGAFETTA'S ACCOUNT OF MAGELLAN'S VOYAGE......Page 106 PIGAFETTA'S TREATISE OF NAVIGATION......Page 237 NAMES OF THE FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATORS......Page 248 MAGELLAN'S ORDER OF THE DAY IN THE STRAITS......Page 253 LETTER OF MAXIMILIAN, THE TRANSYLVAN......Page 255 LOG-BOOK OF FRANCISCO ALVO OR ALVARO......Page 287 ACCOUNT OF THE "TRINITY" AND HER CREW......Page 313 ACCOUNT OF THE MUTINY IN PORT ST. JULIAN, AND GASPAR CORREA'S ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGE......Page 319 COST OF MAGELLAN'S FLEET......Page 333 APPENDIX......Page 335 INDEX......Page 349 Cover 1 Frontmatter 2 Contents 12 INTRODUCTION 14 CHRONOLOGY OF THE FIRST VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD 72 THE GENOESE PILOT'S ACCOUNT OF MAGELLAN'S VOYAGE 74 NARRATIVE OF THE ANONYMOUS PORTUGUESE 103 PIGAFETTA'S ACCOUNT OF MAGELLAN'S VOYAGE 106 PIGAFETTA'S TREATISE OF NAVIGATION 237 NAMES OF THE FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATORS 248 MAGELLAN'S ORDER OF THE DAY IN THE STRAITS 253 LETTER OF MAXIMILIAN, THE TRANSYLVAN 255 LOG-BOOK OF FRANCISCO ALVO OR ALVARO 287 ACCOUNT OF THE "TRINITY" AND HER CREW 313 ACCOUNT OF THE MUTINY IN PORT ST. JULIAN, AND GASPAR CORREA'S ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGE 319 COST OF MAGELLAN'S FLEET 333 APPENDIX 335 INDEX 349 9781108011433 Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. This narrative describing the first circumnavigation of the globe in 1519–1522, written by a member of Magellan's expedition, was published in 1874 together with additional documents on the voyage.