Antonio Pigafetta

First Voyage Round the World by Magellan

Translated from the Accounts of Pigafetta and Other Contemporary Writers
Herausgeber: Stanley, Henry Edward John

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. This narrative describing the first circumnavigation of the globe in 1519â 1522, written by a member of Magellan's expedition, was published in 1874 together with additional documents on the voyage.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9781108011433
• ISBN-10: 1108011438
• Artikelnr.: 29521076

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The Genoese pilot's account of Magellan's voyage
Narrative of the anonymous Portuguese
Pigafetta's account of Magellan's voyage
Pigafetta's treatise of navigation
Names of the first circumnavigators
Magellan's order of the day in the Straits
Letter of Maximiliarn, the Transylvan
Log-book of Francisco Alvo or Alvaro
Account of the 'Trinity' and her crew
Account of the mutiny in Port St. Julian, and Gaspar Correa's account of the voyage
Cost of Magellan's fleet
Appendix
Index.