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Antonio Pigafetta

Venetian explorer
Antonio Pigafetta 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... Wikipedia
Born: 1480, Vicenza, Italy
Died: 1531 (age 51 years), Vicenza, Italy
Known for: Chronicling Magellan's circumnavigation
Nationality: Italian and Venetian
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