PIGAFETTA'S ACCOUNT OF MAGELLAN'S VOYAGE - First Voyage.
En route, Magellan discovered what is now called the Strait of Magellan. He became the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean and named South America's Tierra del Fuego. Magellan originally set sail from Spain in 1519, in an attempt to find a western sea route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia.
Magellan and the First Voyage Around the World Nancy Smiler Levinson Non-fiction Ages 12 and up Clarion Books, 2001, 0-359-98773-3 It must have seemed like a dream come true for Ferdinand Magellan when on September 29th 1519 he at last set off from Spain to begin his long awaited for voyage.
Pigafetta is cited from Magellan's Voyage Round the World: Three Contemporary Accounts, ed. C. E. Nowell (Evanston, 1962). We have chosen this edition because it is a reprint of the English version of the very rare Magellan's Voyage Round the World by Antonio Pigafetta: The Original Text of the Ambrosian MS, with English Translation, ed. and Irans.
Ferdinand Magell Discovery And The First Circumnavigation Of The Globe. Ferdinand Magellan: Discovery and the First Circumnavigation of the Globe Ferdinand Magellan is a very important and valued man in history because of his discoveries, his famous voyage to sail completely around the world in one continuous trip, and because he was one of the most skilled sailors of his time.
The Magellan Clouds One of the galaxies that Ferdinand discovered was later named the Magellan Clouds in his honor. 2019: The 500 year mark Historians are planning the 5th Centenary of the first navigation of the globe. Celebrations are being planned around the world.
Around the world, governments have similar structures. For example, virtually all governments in low-income countries have a ministry of transport, a ministry of health and a ministry of finance.
The proposal of the Magellan Route, First Around the World to the Tentative List is based on the unquestioned exceptionality of its universal value (material and intangible, real and symbolic). This route was created thanks to the combination of Magellan individual genius with the common efforts of the people who struggled to overcome the lack of knowledge about oceans and other continents.