Antonio Pigafetta: Magellan's Chronicler
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Pigafetta reported on the coconut, a food they discovered in the ______.

Philippines

Pigafetta wrote passionately about foods, eating habits, banquets, ceremonies, and ______, all of which he clearly enjoyed.

wines

Pigafetta found a method of recording sample vocabularies of languages they encountered, including the words for foods, animals, parts of the body, and ______.

gods and demons

Pigafetta learned the importance of chroniclers when serving with the Portuguese in ______ a decade earlier.

<p>Asia</p> Signup and view all the answers

When Vasco da Gama reached East Africa and India in 1498, the Portuguese knew nothing about the region — its geography, its peoples and cultures, or the area’s political and economic ______.

<p>rivalries</p> Signup and view all the answers

Gama’s fleet believed the Hindus they met in India were eastern Christians just with strange ways of ______.

<p>worshiping</p> Signup and view all the answers

Pigafetta was an early anthropologist, studying cultures, lifestyles, and languages of the ______ in Brazil

<p>Tupi</p> Signup and view all the answers

Pigafetta's journal is the main source of information about the Magellan-Elcano expedition, including the discovery of the Strait of ______

<p>Magellan</p> Signup and view all the answers

Pigafetta was among the 18 crew members who survived the journey and returned to Spain aboard the nao Victoria, led by Juan Sebastián ______

<p>Elcano</p> Signup and view all the answers

Approximately 270 men had set out on the voyage in five ships, sailing under the flag of Charles I, king of a newly united ______

<p>Spain</p> Signup and view all the answers

Pigafetta diligently studied the cultures, lifestyles, and languages of the peoples Ferdinand Magellan’s fleet encountered, including the Chamorro in ______

<p>Guam</p> Signup and view all the answers

Pigafetta's diary stands out among travelogues and chronicles for its richly detailed accounts of the first crossing of the ______ Ocean

<p>Pacific</p> Signup and view all the answers

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