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Reading in Philippine History

Antonio Pigafetta wrote a chronicle about Magellan's voyage around the world in the early 16th century. The chronicle provides a first-hand account of the expedition from Pigafetta's perspective as one of the survivors. The purpose of the document was to inform future generations about the history and geographical discoveries of the period. However, it is acknowledged that as a single author's perspective, the chronicle is subject to biases in how events were portrayed.

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Reading in Philippine History

Antonio Pigafetta wrote a chronicle about Magellan's voyage around the world in the early 16th century. The chronicle provides a first-hand account of the expedition from Pigafetta's perspective as one of the survivors. The purpose of the document was to inform future generations about the history and geographical discoveries of the period. However, it is acknowledged that as a single author's perspective, the chronicle is subject to biases in how events were portrayed.

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Activity Sheet Instruction:

Read the text by Antonio Pigafetta: His Chronicles on the Voyage Around the World and write a reaction
paper by answering the following questions: (20 pts)

1. What kind of document is it (letter, ad, newspaper, etc.)?

2. To whom was the written document addressed? How did you know?

3. What is the purpose of the document? What made you think so?

4. What do you think is the most important information that the author of the document was
conveying? Why?

5. What do you think are the possible biases committed by Pigafetta in writing this account?

Assessment

IDENTIFICATION Give the correct answer on each statement. Put your answer on the spaces provided
before the statement.
Christian
______________1. A person who has received Christian baptism or is a believer in Christianity.
Rajah Calambu
_____________2. Rajah from Limasawa Island in the Philippines managed to guide the ships of
Magellan, a potential threat, safely past his island
Balanghay
______________3. Is known to be the oldest watercraft in the Philippines
Juan Rodriguez Serrano
______________4. Was a 16th-century Spanish navigator, born in Fregenal de la Sierra, Badajoz.
Homonhon Island
______________5. An island in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines, on the east side of Leyte
Gulf.
Lapu Lapu
______________6. Defeated the Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan.
Raja Humabon Later baptized as Don Carlos, was the Rajah of Cebu at the time of Portuguese-born
______________7.
Datu Zula
______________8. Chief of Mactan, sent to Magellan one of his sons with two goats as present
Cross
______________9. An ancient pagan symbol that only later began its association with Christianity some
300 years after Jesus' time
Duarte Barbosa
______________10. Was a Portuguese writer and officer from Portuguese India. He was a christian
pastor and scrivener in a feitoria in Kochi, and an interpreter of the local language, Malayalam.
Assignment

Submit the reaction paper required in this learning packet. (The output of the task in the activity part in
the activity part)

Antonio Pigafetta was a member of Magellan's expedition to the spice island.


Fortunately, he is one of the survivors and one of those who returned to Spain. He is the reason
we know about Magellan's voyage. The document of Antonio, which is considered a chronicle,
astounded people because he not only knew the story but was also present and a part of it.
Pigafetta wrote a chronicle about Magellan's voyage. And a chronicle is a “historical account of
events presented in chronological order, similar to a time line.” According to some, the Pigafetta
chronicle was “one of the most cited documents by historians studying the precolonial
Philippines.”

It is for the people living in the present. As we all know, this document talks a lot about history,
especially the time of Spanish colonization. It is for the people to know the past that can affect
our future, and for the people to know what happened in the past that may be the reason for the
happenings in the present. Also, it is for the historian, to have knowledge about their profession.

Knowing that Pigafetta wrote all his observations in a journal, we can say that it is a crucial part
of the past. The purpose of writing this document is for the people to be aware of our history and
what made the world works this way now a days. It somehow paints an accurate image from the
past, the native way of life prior to Spanish colonization that made us aware of what is life back
then. It is also related to the geographical discoveries of the Sixteenth Century, which it made it
more important.

As he left a detailed description of his journey in the Report of the first trip around the world as
his journal, navy exploration and discovery. The first world circumnavigation was maybe the
most important message that he was trying to convey as it was became the greatest achievement
in the history of navy and exploration.
Knowing the fact that he wrote the document based on his own perspective can already be seen
as bias. He may be trying to convey the happenings in the past but we can’t deny the fact that
those were only from his point of view, and since it was from the past we can’t see the other
people’s point of view or even their opinion about it.

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