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Petrarch's Guide to the Holy Land: Itinerary to the Sepulcher of Our Lord Jesus Christ = Itinerarium Ad Sepulchrum Domini Nostri Yehsu Christi

T. J. Cachey; Francesco Petrarca; Theodore J. Cachey; Biblioteca Statale Di Cremona

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The First Voyage Around the World

T. J. Cachey; Antonio Pigafetta

On August 10, 1519, five ships departed from Seville for what was to become the first circumnavigation of the earth. Linked by fame to the name of its captain, Magellan, much of the expedition is known through the travelogue of one of the few crew members who returned to Spain: Antonio Pigafetta. At the beginning of his 1982 Nobel Lecture, Gabriel Garcia Marquez provided a memorable introduction to Pigafetta's book when he evoked the Renaissance traveler "who went with Magellan on the first voyage around the world", and wrote "a strictly accurate account that nonetheless resembles a venture into fantasy". But Pigafetta's book is far from being just a marvel-filled travel narrative. Indeed, its remarkably accurate ethnographic and geographical account of the circumnavigation has guaranteed its status among modern historiographers of the earliest contacts between Europeans and the East Indies.

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The First Voyage Around the World: 1519-1522 An Account of Magellans Expedition

T. J. Cachey; Antonio Pigafetta

It was Gabriel Garcia Marquez who provided a memorable introduction to Pigafetta's book when he evoked, at the beginning of his 1982 Nobel Lecture, the Renaissance traveler "who went with Magellan on the first voyage around the world", and wrote "a strictly accurate account that nonetheless resembles a venture into fantasy". Marquez's citation of Pigafetta is certainly the most resonant in a long line of prestigious literary responses. From Shakespeare's Tempest to contemporary "magical realism", such allusions have enabled the editor of this new translation to trace an intriguing continuity in the literary category of the marvelous. But Pigafetta's book is far from being just a marvel-filled travel narrative or a hagiographic text honoring the legendary explorer. Indeed, The First Voyage is much more: its remarkably accurate ethnographic and geographical account of the circumnavigation has guaranteed its status among modern historiographers and students of the earliest contacts between Europeans and the East Indies.

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Le Isole Fortunate

T. J. Cachey; Valerio Manfredi

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Other editions: 1995