20th of October 1518
October 20, 1518
[This portion is undated, serving as prologue to the actual commencement of the voyage on August 10, 1519] NAVEGACIÓN Y DESCUBRIMIENTO DE LA INDIA SUPERIOR,
Antonio Pigafetta
Antonio Pigafetta (1491 — 1534), Italian chronicler of Ferdinand Magellan's 1519-1522 expedition.
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10th of August, 1519
August 10, 1519
The fleet departs Seville, anchoring at Sanlúcar de Barrameda, the outport of Seville, for more than a month, in order to add to the provisions.
20th-26th of September, 1519
September 20, 1519
20 September: The fleet weighs anchor from Sanlúcar and shapes its course south-west. Three years pass before the Victoria returns. 26 September: The fleet reaches Tenerife in
3rd of October, 1519
October 3, 1519
30 September: 3- Tenerife- Sepetiba Bay (between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo)Departure on September 30, 1519- Arrival on December 13, 1519. 75-day journey. 3
13th of December, 1519
December 13, 1519
The fleet reaches Rio de Janeiro at latitude 22° 54 ́ S. Cuando hubimos pasado la línea equinoccial, acercándonos al polo antártico, perdimos de vista
26th of December, 1519
December 26, 1519
20 December: Trial, conviction, and execution of Antonio Salamone, master of the Victoria, who had been caught in the act of sodomy with an apprentice seaman
31st of March, 1520
March 31, 1520
11–12 January: The fleet reaches the Rio de la Plata (98), which Magellan calls Rio de Solis after the explorer killed by natives there in
24th of August, 1520
August 24, 1520
The voyage is resumed. 6- Port St. Julian- Port of St. CruzDeparture on August 24, 1520- Arrival August 26, 1521. 2-day journey. Partimos al fin
21st of October, 1520
October 21, 1520
14 September: The four remaining ships of the fleet reach Rio Santa Cruz at latitude 50° S, where they remain until 18 October. 21 October:
28th of November, 1520
November 28, 1520
Pigafetta’s Map of Magellan’s Straits. 21 October 1520: The fleet reaches Cabo Vírgenes on the feast of St Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins at
6th of March, 1521
March 6, 1521
[The fleet sights the Islas de Ladrones or Las Islas de Velas Latinas, identified as Guam and Rota of the Marianas] Cuando hubimos corrido setenta
16th-17th of March, 1521
March 16, 1521
[The fleet sights the mountains of Samar in the Philippines and anchors at the island of Suluan at latitude 11° N.] [16 March: From Guam,
18th of March, 1521
March 18, 1521
[Europeans make their first contact with Filipinos on Homonhon Island.] [Our ancestors from Suluan discover in Homonhon the helpless crew. Magellan embraces the local chief
22nd of March, 1521
March 22, 1521
[Our ancestors return to Homonhon with more food and drink.] El viernes, día veintidós del mes, cumplieron los isleños su palabra, llegando con dos canoas
25th of March, 1521
March 25, 1521
[Pigafetta falls overboard and is nearly drowned.] [The expedition leaves Homonhon and sails across the waters of Hinunangan (Southern Leyte) and of Gibusong Island (Loreto,
28th of March, 1521
March 28, 1521
[The fleet anchors off Limasawa (Pigafetta’s Mazaua) at the southern entrance to Suriago Strait; Magellan and his men are well received there by the natives
29th-30th of March, 1521
March 30, 1521
[Siaui, the rajah of Butuan, meets Magellan. Colambu and Magellan enter into a blood compact.] Al día siguiente el comandante despachó a tierra el esclavo
31st of March, 1521
March 31, 1521
[Magellan has Easter mass celebrated on Limasawa Island.] [Colambu permits a Christian mass to celebrate Christ’s resurrection.] El domingo de Pascua, que era el último
4th-6th of April 1521
April 6, 1521
[6th April: The fleet departs Limasawa.] [4th April: Accompanied by Colambu, the expedition leaves for Cebu and heads to Leyte Island: reaches the waters of
7th of April, 1521
April 7, 1521
[The fleet enters the port of Cebu, where, following negotiations, merchandise is exchanged for provisions, and good relations are established.] [The expedition reaches Cebu. Colambu
8th of April, 1521
April 8, 1521
[Humabon and his council meet with Magellan’s emissaries. The latter agree to comply with the rajah’s conditions.] Al siguiente día, el escribano de nuestra nave
9th of April, 1521
April 9, 1521
[Humabon’s heir confers with Magellan and is convinced of the merits of the Christian virtues. Later on, Magellan promises military protection and proclaims Humabon sovereign
10th of April, 1521
April 10, 1521
[Humabon allows Magellan to bury two of his men who recently died; Fr. Pedro de Valderrama, the expedition’s chaplain, consecrates and erects a wooden cross
12th of April, 1521
April 12, 1521
El día viernes abrimos nuestro almacén y expusimos todas nuestras mercaderías, que los isleños miraban con admiración. Por el bronce, el hierro y demás mercaderías
13th of April, 1521
April 13, 1521
[A makeshift platform is readied at the consecrated site for the rite of baptism.] [82] On Saturday, as the captain had promised the king to
14th of April, 1521
April 14, 1521
[The Sultan Humabon is baptized (and renamed Don Carlos) by the flagship’s chaplain with all pomp and circumstance. Rajah Colambu is also baptized and named
15th-25th April 1521
April 25, 1521
[Magellan cures a sick elder, which leads to the burning of native idols.] [Juana, wife of Humabon, is charmed by the image of the Santo
26th of April, 1521
April 26, 1521
[Humabon receives a report that Lapulapu, a ruler of Mactan, refuses to recognize the King of Spain.] Viernes 26 de abril, Zula, uno de los
27th of April, 1521
April 27, 1521
[Magellan and sixty of his men in three longboats attack Rajah Lapu Lapu and his forces on Mactan. They are driven back to the ships
1st of May, 1521
May 1, 1521
[Massacre of Europeans in the island of Cebu, including Duarte Barbosa and twenty-five shipmates.] [Humabon’s men kill a number of the expedition’s members at a