LESSON 2 PART 1

ANTONIO PIGAFETTA

AN ITALIAN SCHOLAR AND EXPLORER THAT ACCOMPANIED MAGELLAN, AND ONE OF THE SURVIVORS IN THE EXPEDITION.

ANTONIO PIGAFETTA

HE WROTE THE FIRST VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD. HIS BOOK BECAME THE EARLIEST DETAILED DOCUMENTATION OF THE PRE-COLONIAL SOCIETY.

ANTONIO PIGAFETTA

HE TRAVELED WITH FERDINAND MAGELLAN AND HIS CREW BY ORDER OF THE KING CHARLES I OF SPAIN ON THEIR VOYAGE TO THE INDIES.

FIVE SHIPS

THE NUMBER OF SHIPS THE FIRST VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD HAD.

ONE SHIP

THE NUMBER OF SHIPS THAT RETURNED TO SPAIN AFTER THE EXPEDITION.

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

PORTUGUESE NAVIGATOR AND EXPLORER WHO SAILED UNDER THE FLAGS OF BOTH PORTUGAL AND SPAIN.

JUAN SEBASTIAN ELCANO

A CASTILLIAN (SPANISH) EXPLORER WHO COMPLETED THE FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE EARTH.

KING CHARLES I OF SPAIN

KING OF SPAIN FROM 1516-1556 AND HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR AS CHARLES V, FROM 1519 TO 1558.

JUAN DE CARTAGENA

WAS A SPANISH ACCOUNTANT AND CAPTAIN OF ONE OF THE FIVE SHIPS (SAN ANTONIO) LED BY FERDINAND MAGELLAN IN HIS EXPEDITION OF THE FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE WORLD.

GASPAR DE QUESADA

SPANISH EXPLORER WHO PARTICIPATED IN MAGELLAN’S CIRCUMNAVIGATION AS CAPTAIN OF THE CONCEPTION. APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS INTO THE EXPEDITION, WITH TWO OTHER SPANISH CAPTAINS, ATTEMPTED TO OVERTHROW MAGELLAN IN THE EASTER MUTINY AT THE SOUTH AMERICAN PORT OF ST. JULIAN. THE MUTINY FAILED AND MAGELLAN HAD HIM EXECUTED.

LAPU-LAPU

CHIEFTAIN AND RULER OF MACTAN IN VISAYAS REGION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HE IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FIRST FILIPINO HERO TO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY RESISTED FOREIGN RULE.

RAJAH HUMABON

WAS THE RAJAH OF CEBU (AN INDIANIZED PHILIPPINE POLITY) AT THE TIME OF THE PORTUGUESE-BORN, SPANISH EXPLORER FERDINAND MAGELLAN’S ARRIVAL IN THE PHILIPPINES IN 1521.

ENRIQUE DE MALLACA

A CAPTURED SLAVE WHO WORKED AS FERDINAND MAGELLAN’S VALUABLE INTERPRETER IN HIS VOYAGE TO THE PHILIPPINES IN 1521. A MALAY MEMBER OF THE MAGELLAN EXPEDITION.

PIGAFETTA’S TRAVELOGUE

IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRIMARY SOURCES IN THE STUDY OF PRE-COLONIAL PHILIPPINES AND IN THE STUDY OF THE WORLD GEOGRAPHY.

TREATY OF TORDESILIAS

THE WEST ROUTE THAT MAGELLAN REQUESTED TO THE KING OF SPAIN THEN RETURN USING THE EAST ROUTE.

THE SPICE ISLANDS OF MOLUCCAS (EAST ASIA)

MAGELLAN PROPOSED TO THE KING OF SPAIN THAT HE WILL USE THE WEST ROUTE TO SET FOOT ON THESE ISLANDS.

270

THE NUMBER OF CREW MEMBERS ON THE 5 SHIPS THAT WENT ON THE EXPEDITION.

TRINIDAD

CAPTAINED BY GOMEZ DE ESPINOSA. THIS WAS THE FLAGSHIP OF THE EXPEDITION AND THE LARGEST VESSEL. MAGELLAN AND PIGAFETTA SAILED ON THIS.

SAN ANTONIO

THIS SHIP WAS CAPTAINED BY JUAN DE CARTAGENA, BUT HE LATER CONSPIRED AGAINST MAGELLAN AND WAS REMOVED FROM HIS POSITION. HE WAS REPLACED BY ANTONIO DE COCA.

CONCEPCION

WAS COMMANDED BY GASPAR DE QUESADA. AFTER THE DEATH OF QUESADA, DUARTE BARBOSA WAS APPOINTED AS THE CAPTAIN OF THIS SHIP

SANTIAGO

WAS CAPTAINED BY JUAN SERRANO.

VICTORIA

WAS UNDER THE COMMAND OF LUIS DE MENDOZA, BUT AFTER HIS DEATH IN THE MUTINY, THE SHIP WAS CAPTAINED BY JUAN SEBASTIAN ELCANO.