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The document discusses Antonio Pigafetta's role in the Magellan-Elcano expedition and his documentation of their circumnavigation. It provides details from Pigafetta's account on how the locals welcomed Magellan's crew, their way of life, and the conditions of the Visayan islands in the 16th century. It also describes how the battle of Mactan started based on Pigafetta's writing.

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Module 3 Assignment-2

The document discusses Antonio Pigafetta's role in the Magellan-Elcano expedition and his documentation of their circumnavigation. It provides details from Pigafetta's account on how the locals welcomed Magellan's crew, their way of life, and the conditions of the Visayan islands in the 16th century. It also describes how the battle of Mactan started based on Pigafetta's writing.

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Assignment

Guide Questions

1. Who is Antonio Pigafetta? What is his role in the Magella-Elcano expedition?

Antonio Pigafetta is a Venetian scholar, interpreter, and expeditioner who work alongside
Magellan and is part of his crew. He is also the one who documented the
circumnavigation and expedition of Magellan’s crew. He is responsible and is the
primary source of the historical knowledge we have today.

2. According to Pigafetta, how dis the locals of the island welcome Magellan and his crew?

The locals welcomed them with joy and received various things from Magellan and his
crew such as red caps, mirrors, combs, bells, ivory, bocasine, and other things. When the
locals received these, they, too, offered their fish, a jar of palm wine, which they call
uraca (alak), figs more than one palm long (actually a banana).

3. How are the islanders way of life, cultural practices, the religious belief described?

According to Pigafetta, the islanders seemed to be fond of the coconut tree and have uses
for every part of it. The locals were also described as semi-naked with only a piece of
clothing to cover their private parts. The land was also ruled by many datu (leader) who
sometimes compete with each other. He successfully converted Rajah Humabon and his
tribe and planted a cross at the highest peak of the island.

4. What does Pigafetta’s account tell us about the conditions of the Visayan islands in the
16th century?

The Visayan Islands have an abundance of gold and the scarcity of iron. There is an
extensive equality that is mentioned. The locals have clothing for formal and non-formal
occasions. The European ship amazed the locals by its speed in sailing. The locals
measure their trade’s worth by balances. They are also used to local diseases such as
buboes. They have no complete sovereignity but rather tribes that were led by datus.
They don’t have a citty planning and most architecture involves wooden logs. They are
also fond of coconut and are heavy drinkers. They don’t have a extensive religious
system.

5. Based on Pigafetta’s account, how did the battle of Mactan start?

Magellan was caught in the middle of a battle of two feuding chieftains and Lapu-lapu
refused the Spanish rule. This infuriated Magellan and challenged to eliminate those who don’t
submit to the Spanish king.

Activity 2 (10 points) Narrate it with at least 100 words

Narrate your own views about Pigafetta’s Chronicle.


Magellan set out to circumnavigate the globe while also searching for territories to expand the
Spanish colonies for easier routes of trading and travelling. He found the Philippine islands and
interacted with the locals residing there. The locals welcomed him and he converted most of
them to Roman Catholicism. Afterwards, he was caught in a dispute between two leaders where
one leader denied the Spanish king’s rule. This resulted in Magellan launching an attack at dawn
to bring down Lapu-lapu and his troops. The natives requested for Magellan to attack in the
morning as they are gathering troops. The confident Magellan agreed as he fervently believed
that his men and their medieval weapons were superior to the natives’ bamboo spears and
shields. Morning came and he docked his ship two crossbow flights away from the shore to
avoid the rocky areas and proceeded on the shore on small boats of 49 men with muskets and
swords. He was then ambushed by 1,500 of the natives and was quickly dispatched. They tried
burning the houses but that only infuriated the natives leading to their demise. Juan Sebastian
Elcano took over the helm and finished the expedition.

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