Magellan

About this eBook

Author

Pigafetta, Antonio, 1480?-1534?

Title

The first voyage round the world, by Magellan : translated from the accounts of Pigafetta, and other contemporary writers

Original Publication

London: Hakluyt Society, 1874.

Credits

deaurider, Robert Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Subject

Voyages around the world -- Early works to 1800

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74723

Release Date

November 11, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE FIRST VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD,
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.PLATES AND MAPS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION AND LIFE OF MAGELLAN . — Council held by Alfonso d’Albuquerque with the Captains with respect to going to Goa. — Letter of Alvaro da Costa, giving an Account to the King Dom Manuel of what passed with the King of Castile, to dissuade him from the discovery which he determined to order the execution of, by Fernan de Magalhaes. — Letter from Sebastian Alvarez, Factor of Dom Manuel, to the King, dated Seville, July 18, 1519.
5. 5.CHRONOLOGY OF THE FIRST VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD.
6. 6.NAVIGATION AND VOYAGE WHICH FERNANDO DE MAGALHĀES MADE FROM SEVILLE TO MALUCO IN THE YEAR 1519.
7. 7.NARRATIVE OF A PORTUGUESE, COMPANION OF ODOARDO BARBOSA, IN THE SHIP VICTORIA , IN THE YEAR 1519. ( From “Ramusio”. )
8. 8.Untitled
9. 9.Anthony Pigapheta , Patrician of Vicenza, and Knight of Rhodes, to the very illustrious and very excellent Lord Philip de Villers Lisleaden , the famous Grand Master of Rhodes, his most respected Lord .⁠ [137] — CHAPTER.⁠ [201] — ( In the Milan Edition here begins Book II. ) — CHAPTER. — CHAPTER. — ( Here follows an account of a custom, for a description of which see De Morga’s Philippine Islands, p. 304. ) — ( Book III of the Milan Edition. ) — Departure from Zubu. — ( Book IV of the Milan Edition. ) — Return from the Moluccas to Spain.
10. 10.TREATISE OF NAVIGATION OF THE CHEVALIER ANTONY PIGAFETTA . — Of Latitude. — Of Longitude. — Direction of the Ship. — Direction of the Winds.
11. 11.NAMES OF THE FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATORS.
12. 12.ORDER OF THE DAY OF MAGELLAN,
13. 13.A LETTER FROM MAXIMILIANUS TRANSYLVANUS TO THE MOST REVEREND CARDINAL OF SALZBURG, VERY DELIGHTFUL TO READ, CONCERNING THE MOLUCCA ISLANDS, AND ALSO MANY OTHER WONDERS, WHICH THE LATEST VOYAGE OF THE SPANIARDS HAS JUST DISCOVERED.
14. 14.DISCOURSE OF M. GIOVANNI BATTISTA RAMUSIO UPON THE VOYAGE MADE BY THE SPANIARDS ROUND THE WORLD.
15. 15.EXTRACTS FROM A DERROTERO OR LOG-BOOK OF THE VOYAGE OF FERNANDO DE MAGALLANES IN SEARCH OF THE STRAIT, FROM THE CAPE OF ST. AUGUSTIN. FRANCISCO ALBO, 1519.
16. 16.ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SHIP “TRINITY” AND HER CREW
17. 17.ACCOUNT OF THE MUTINY IN PORT ST. JULIAN.
18. 18.COST OF MAGELLAN’S FLEET.
19. 19.APPENDIX No. I. — No. II. — No. III. — No. IV. — No. V. — INDEX.
20. 20.GENERAL INDEX.
21. 21.WRITERS QUOTED.
22. 22.NAMES OF PERSONS. — ERRATA.

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