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Antonio Pigafetta

1492 - 1531

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Antonio Pigafetta (Italian: [anˈtɔːnjo piɡaˈfetta]; c. 1491 – c. 1531) was a Venetian scholar and explorer. He joined the Spanish expedition to the Spice Islands led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the world's first circumnavigation, and is best known for being the chronicler of the voyage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonio Pigafetta has received more than 1,131,530 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Antonio Pigafetta is the 64th most popular explorer (down from 41st in 2019), the 905th most popular biography from Italy (down from 539th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Explorer.

Antonio Pigafetta was an Italian scholar and explorer who is most famous for his written account of Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe. His work, "The First Voyage Around the World", is considered one of the most important sources of information about the expedition, including details about the people, places, and cultures encountered along the way.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Antonio Pigafetta ranks 64 out of 405Before him are Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Michael Rockefeller, John Smith, James Clark Ross, Nikolay Przhevalsky, and John Davis. After him are William Dampier, Lope de Aguirre, Hernando de Soto, Diego Columbus, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, and Alonso de Ojeda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1492, Antonio Pigafetta ranks 4Before him are Marguerite de Navarre, Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, and Pietro Aretino. After him are Juan Luis Vives, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Andrea Alciato, Elizabeth Tudor, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern, Martín de Azpilcueta, Adam Ries, and Jean du Bellay. Among people deceased in 1531, Antonio Pigafetta ranks 3Before him are Huldrych Zwingli and Louise of Savoy. After him are Hans Burgkmair, Tilman Riemenschneider, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Johannes Oecolampadius, Vincenzo Catena, Pedro Arias Dávila, and Vallabha.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Antonio Pigafetta ranks 905 out of 4,668Before him are Rachele Mussolini (1890), Cola di Rienzo (1313), Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1843), Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia (1474), Aloysius Lilius (1510), and Carlo Crivelli (1430). After him are Jacopo Bassano (1510), Francesco Landini (1325), Fra Dolcino (1250), Franco Baresi (1960), Odilo Globočnik (1904), and Nero Julius Caesar (6).

Among EXPLORERS In Italy

Among explorers born in Italy, Antonio Pigafetta ranks 7Before him are Marco Polo (1254), Christopher Columbus (1451), Amerigo Vespucci (1454), John Cabot (1450), Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485), and Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778). After him are Sebastian Cabot (1484), Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852), Bartholomew Columbus (1460), Alvise Cadamosto (1432), Lancelotto Malocello (1270), and Cristoforo Buondelmonti (1385).