Pigafetta was an ‘embedded’ journalist
Posted on April 4, 2008 - Filed Under History | Leave a Comment
Enumerable articles and quite a few books have been written about Ferdinand Magellan’s circumnavigation of the globe, including his supposed ‘discovery’ of an archipelago that subsequently became known as the Philippines. Most of the eyewitness accounts are attributed to Antonio Pigafetta.
But would you believe that Pigafetta was practically a glorified tourist? At best, the adventurous […]