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This Study Resource Was: Pigafetta's Testimny On The Route of Magellan's Expedition

Magellan's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe. They sighted land in March 1521 and explored islands like Zamal, Hamunu, and Homonhon where they interacted with native peoples. After leaving Homonhon, they sailed to Mazaua and Cebu, arriving in Cebu's harbor on April 7th after three days sailing from Camotes Island. The document details the route and stops of Magellan's expedition through eyewitness accounts from Pigafetta, one of its participants.

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This Study Resource Was: Pigafetta's Testimny On The Route of Magellan's Expedition

Magellan's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe. They sighted land in March 1521 and explored islands like Zamal, Hamunu, and Homonhon where they interacted with native peoples. After leaving Homonhon, they sailed to Mazaua and Cebu, arriving in Cebu's harbor on April 7th after three days sailing from Camotes Island. The document details the route and stops of Magellan's expedition through eyewitness accounts from Pigafetta, one of its participants.

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Pigafetta’s Testimny on

the Route of Magellan’s


Expedition
 Who is magella?

Ferdinand Magellan is a Portuguese. Born on February 3, 1480 and Died in April 27,
1521 (Aged 41) Kingdom of Mactan (Now Lapu-Lapu City, Philippinnes.

 IS The first circumnavigation of the Earth, from Europe to East, and to West; for the first
expedition from Europe to Asia by the West; and for captaining the first expedition across
the Atlantic Ocean to the Strait of Magellan and across the Pacific Ocean

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 On that same day Magellan named the entire archipelago the “Island of Saint
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of the raising from the dead.

 Monday, march 18- In The afternoon of their second day on that island, they saw boat
comingwitth nine men in it. An exchange gift was effected. Magellan asked for food
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supplies and the men went away, promising to bring supplies in”Four day”
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 They saw two spring of water on that island and also they saw indications of gold in
that island. Magellan renamed the island and called (acquada la di bouni
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 Friday,March 22- At noon the natives retured with food supplies.

 Magellan’s expedition stayed eight days at homonhon


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 Monday, March 25- The expedition weighed anchoraand left the island of Homonhon.
This day was the feast-day of the incarnation, also called the feast of annuncation and
therefore”Our lady’s day”an accident happened to pigafetta

 The route taken by the expedition after leaving Homonhon Veryprobably “Cenalo” is a
misspelling in the itallian manuscript for what igaffeta in his map calls “ceillon” and albo

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calls “seilanu”: namely the island of Leyte. On the other hand, Hibunson is an island east
of leyte’s southern tip

 Thursday, March 28- In The morning of holy Thursday they anchored off an island where
the previous night they seen a light or a bonfire It is twenty-five leagues from acquada,
and is called Mazaua.”

 Thursday, April 4 they left mazuaz, buond for cebu

 At Gatighan they sailed to three island namely Poro, pasihan and ponson. The Spanish
stop to allow the king of Mazaua catch up since the Spaniard ship is much faster than the
native balanghai.

 Sunday, April 7- at noon they entered the harbor of ”Zubu”(Cebu).


It had taken them three days to negotiate the journey from Camotes island to cebu.

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