Research Catalog

Title

The first voyage around the world, 1519-1522 : an account of Magellan's expedition / Antonio Pigafetta ; edited by Theodore J. Cachey.

Author

Pigafetta, Antonio, approximately 1480-approximately 1534

Publication

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

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Details

Additional Authors

Cachey, T. J. (Theodore J.)

Description

lxiv, 203 pages : maps; 23 cm.

Summary

"On 10 August 1519, five ships departed from Seville for what was to become the first circumnavigation of the globe. Linked by fame to the name of its captain, Magellan, much of the expedition is known through the travelogue of one of the few crew members who returned to Spain, Antonio Pigafetta. A narrative and cartographic record of the journey (including 23 hand-drawn watercolour charts) from Patagonia to Indonesia, from the Philippines to the Cape of Good Hope, Pigafetta's The First Voyage around the World is a classic of discovery and exploration literature. This volume is based on the critical edition by Antonio Canova. It includes an extensive introduction to the work and generous annotations by Theodore J. Cachey Jr who discusses the marvelous elements of the story through allusions to Magellan's travels made by writers as diverse as Shakespeare and Gabriel García Márquez. However, Cachey is careful to point out that Pigafetta's book is far from just a marvel-filled travel narrative. The First Voyage around the World is also a remarkably accurate ethnographic and geographical account of the circumnavigation, and one that has earned its reputation among modern historiographers and students of the early contacts between Europe and the East Indies. Expertly presented and handsomely illustrated, this edition of Pigafetta's classic travelogue is sure to enlighten new readers and invigorate the imagination as the story has done since it first appeared. "--

Series Statement

The Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library

Uniform Title

Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library.

Subjects

• Voyages around the world
• Magalhães, Fernão de, -1521
• Voyages around the world > Early works to 1800
• Magalhães, Fernão de, -1521 > Travel
• Pigafetta, Antonio, approximately 1480-approximately 1534 > Travel
• Travel
• Early works

Genre/Form

Early works.

Note

• Paperback reprint. Originally published 2007.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193) and index.

Call Number

JFE 20-6055

ISBN

• 9781487525408
• 1487525400

OCLC

1118691989

Author

Pigafetta, Antonio, approximately 1480-approximately 1534, author.

Title

The first voyage around the world, 1519-1522 : an account of Magellan's expedition / Antonio Pigafetta ; edited by Theodore J. Cachey.

Publisher

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library

Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193) and index.

Local Note

ED: UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME. REPRINT 2007 ED. TRANSLATED.

Added Author

Cachey, T. J. (Theodore J.), editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 20-6055