Description: Magellan’s Voyage: A Narrative Account of the First Circumnavigation by Antonio Pigafetta, 2 Volumes, Translated and edited by R.A. Skelton from the manuscript in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1969, 195pp, cloth, 8 x 11.5", 8vo Fair condition. Some wear and soiling to boards. Blind embossed illustration on front boards. Soiling to spines. Red title plate with gilt lettering. Lettering on spine of volume II appears doubled. Title page in red and black ink: red is still crisp. Full color illustration on title pages of both volumes. Minor toning and age-staining throughout textblocks. No known marginalia. Facsimile in volume II is in full color. Cardboard slipcase is covered in red cloth with colored illustration on one side. Some soiling and wear to slipcase. Inside of slip case is divided into two compartments, one for each volume. Please see photos. This 2 volume set includes a translation of Pigafetta's account by R.A. Skelton as well as a facsimile of the manuscript kept in the Yale University Library. In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan, leading an expedition of five ships and over 270 men, set sail from Spain in search of the Spice Islands. Three years later, one ship returned to port with just 18 men. Magellan was not among the survivors, having been killed in the Philippines. But the remainder of his party, quite inadvertently, had been first to circumnavigate the world. One of the survivors of the voyage was Antonio Pigafetta, a young Italian nobleman and volunteer member of the crew. His diligent and detailed accounting of the expedition is the fullest, most valuable narrative of the voyage and one of the most important geographical documents known. In addition to naval and military battles and maneuvers, Pigafetta faithfully documented plants and animals, manners and customs, languages and geography of lands and his party did, and what Pigafetta saw and recorded so well, forever changed our concept of the world and vastly enlarged our knowledge of it. FORN-SHELF-0541-BB-2409-JC1276
Price: 150 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Binding: Cloth
Language: English
Author: Antonio Pigafetta
Publisher: Yale University Press
Topic: Travel
Subject: Exploration & Travel
Original/Facsimile: Original
