LESSON 3

Question 1

Pigafetta’s estimated date of birth

Answer 1

1480 and 1491

Question 2

an Italian scholar and explorer.

Answer 2

Antonio Pigafetta

Question 3

What expedition he joined?

Answer 3

Spice Islands led by explorer Ferdinand Magellan under King Charles I of Spain.

Question 4

He was one of how many crew of Magellan.

Answer 4

18

Question 5

They completed the world’s first?

Answer 5

Circumnavigation

Question 6

returned to Spain onboard another vessel?

Answer 6

Victoria

Question 7

These two were involved in an intense rivalry to see who could find and claim new territory to source the spices coveted by European aristocrats.

Answer 7

Spain and Portugal

Question 8

It is an agreement between Spain and Portugal to settle conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus.

Answer 8

The Treaty of Tordesillas

Question 9

• In 1505, Magellan, in service to Portugal, joined the fight, traveling to India, Malaysia, and Indonesia. However, he was accused of illegal trading and fell out with ____, who turned down his proposal to locate a new spice route.

Answer 9

Manuel I

Question 10

• Magellan abandoned his Portuguese loyalty, transferred his allegiance to Spain through ____, and eventually gained his trust.

Answer 10

King Charles V

Question 11

• In search of spices, the Spaniards approved Magellan’s plan to go to the _____ via ____ direction after Portugal turned down his plan.

Answer 11

East - Westward

Question 12

Magellan led an expedition of ____ ships with ____ men

Answer 12

Five - 237 men

Question 13

Five ships

Answer 13

San Antonio, Santiago, Concepcion, Victoria, and Trinidad

Question 14

• On _____, Magellan and his crew arrived in the _____, or what they called as islands of ____. They first reached the island of _____

Answer 14

March 16, 1521
Philippines island
Ladroni
Zamal (Samar)

Question 15

• Seeing that the natives are reasonable men, Magellan gave them _____ and other things. In return, the natives offered _____ and other resources.

Answer 15

red caps, mirrors, comb,
fish, wine, coconuts,

Question 16

• Magellan named the place ______ as the _____due to the several islands located in that district. ______ was the primitive name of the Philippines.

Answer 16

(Islands of Humunu)
“Archipelago of San Lazarus”

Question 17

3 G PURPOSE OF MAGELLAN

Answer 17

Gold
God
Glory

Question 18

• The first Mass in our country happened on _____and Easter day. The first cross was then set up in _____as wished by Magellan for the benefits of the natives.

Answer 18

March 31
Mazaua (Limasawa)

Question 19

• The native Filipinos have their idols before and a God, which they called “____,” but they threw this belief away as they embraced Christianity which Magellan introduced.

Answer 19

Abba

Question 20

• Magellan and his crew went to _____ on April 7, upon hearing good reports about the island from the King of Mazaua.

Answer 20

Zubu (Cebu)

Question 21

• The King of Zubu asked for a ____ as a sign of their friendship, both agreed. And on Zubu, the captain’s power to influence the faith of people worked.

Answer 21

drop of their blood

Question 22

Contribution and Relevance to Philippines

Answer 22

• The account is proof of the richness, governance and, independence in our country in the pre-colonial era.

• Christianity, as the largest religion in the world, was propagated in the Philippines by Ferdinand Magellan. 

• The faith of the natives before is just about raising hands and clapping, building different images of their idols, until Magellan introduced Christianity to them. It was accepted and practiced by Filipinos and has been a considerable part of our culture and beliefs.

• The account of Pigafetta enriched Philippine historiography because it contains essential details about the conditions of the Visayan Islands in the 16th century.

• Local textbook writers use his book as their historical information source about the beginning of Christianity in the Philippines. 

• The document also narrated the status (inferiority) of the Filipinos in warfare, manner of dressing, and system of writing.

Question 23

Contribution and relevance to the world

Answer 23

• The Pigafetta document gave a detailed chronicle of the significant events of the exploration of Ferdinand Magellan.

• Pigafetta's chronicle contributed immensely to European historiography as it preserved and popularized Magellan expedition. 

• It provided a description, location, and distances of the places visited, thereby enhancing cartography knowledge at that time. 

• He proved to other explorers and the people today that circumnavigating the world was possible.

• They proved that the Earth is not flat but an oblate sphere.

• They confirmed that the Portuguese route is not the only way to the Spice Islands. 

• They discovered a large body of water on the side of the American continent, which they named the Pacific Ocean. 

• They found a strait that connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and called it the Strait of Magellan.