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Antonio Pigafetta

Venetian diplomat, historian, and explorer of the Pacific and Chile

  • Fame55.6
  • Momentum1.6
  • Wikipedia12K
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Lived 1490–1530, aged 40Italy
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  • Era
    1490–1530
    Aged 40
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Updated 2026-08-19

Antonio Pigafetta was a Venetian scholar and explorer. In 1519, he joined the Spanish expedition to the Spice Islands led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the world's first documented circumnavigation, and is best known for being the chronicler of the voyage. During the expedition, he served as Magellan's assistant until Magellan's death in the Philippine Islands, and kept an accurate journal, which later assisted him in translating the Cebuano language. It is the first recorded document concerning the language.

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