1491?-1534 Italian sailor who wrote a classic account of his participation in the historic global circumnavigation begun by Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521). In 1519, the expedition sailed from Spain with five ships, but its leader was killed in 1521,...

Antonio Pigafetta (c. 1491 – c. 1534), was an Italian navigator born in Vicenza. He paid a large sum of money to accompany and assist the Portuguese captain Ferdinand Magellan and his Spanish crew on their trip around the world. During...