The First Earth's Circumnavigation by Antonio Pigafetta
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One of the key figures in the great geographic discoveries of the 16 th century was the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the commander of the fleet that set sail from Spain in 1519 with the goal of reaching the Spice Islands. However, without the invaluable contribution of the Italian Antonio Pigafetta (also known as Antonio Lombardo, Vicenza, 1491-1531), who documented all the events of the three years of this astonishing journey in his Account of the First Voyage Around the World , man