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The first voyage around the world, 1519-1522 : an account of Magellan's expedition
- Title
- The first voyage around the world, 1519-1522 : an account of Magellan's expedition / Antonio Pigafetta ; edited by Theodore J. Cachey.
- Author
- Pigafetta, Antonio, approximately 1480-approximately 1534
- Publication
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Cachey, T. J. (Theodore J.)
- Description
- lxiv, 203 pages : maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "On 10 August 1519, five ships departed from Seville for what was to become the first circumnavigation of the globe. Linked by fame to the name of its captain, Magellan, much of the expedition is known through the travelogue of one of the few crew members who returned to Spain, Antonio Pigafetta. A narrative and cartographic record of the journey (including 23 hand-drawn watercolour charts) from Patagonia to Indonesia, from the Philippines to the Cape of Good Hope, Pigafetta's The First Voyage around the World is a classic of discovery and exploration literature. This volume is based on the critical edition by Antonio Canova. It includes an extensive introduction to the work and generous annotations by Theodore J. Cachey Jr who discusses the marvelous elements of the story through allusions to Magellan's travels made by writers as diverse as Shakespeare and Gabriel García Márquez. However, Cachey is careful to point out that Pigafetta's book is far from just a marvel-filled travel narrative. The First Voyage around the World is also a remarkably accurate ethnographic and geographical account of the circumnavigation, and one that has earned its reputation among modern historiographers and students of the early contacts between Europe and the East Indies. Expertly presented and handsomely illustrated, this edition of Pigafetta's classic travelogue is sure to enlighten new readers and invigorate the imagination as the story has done since it first appeared. "--
- Series Statement
- The Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library
- Uniform Title
- Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Early works.
- Note
- Paperback reprint. Originally published 2007.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-6055
- ISBN
- 9781487525408
- 1487525400
- OCLC
- 1118691989
- Author
- Pigafetta, Antonio, approximately 1480-approximately 1534, author.
- Title
- The first voyage around the world, 1519-1522 : an account of Magellan's expedition / Antonio Pigafetta ; edited by Theodore J. Cachey.
- Publisher
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The Lorenzo da Ponte Italian libraryLorenzo da Ponte Italian library.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193) and index.
- Local Note
- ED: UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME. REPRINT 2007 ED. TRANSLATED.
- Added Author
- Cachey, T. J. (Theodore J.), editor.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-6055