Quotes About Pigafetta

Their conversations turned to religion, and Pigafetta persuaded the prisoner to convert to Christianity. He was baptized, and the giant, whose original name Pigafetta never mentioned, became known as Paul. He died shortly thereafter, a Patagonian Christian who met a unique and tragic fate. Pigafetta did not record what kind of funeral rites Father Valderrama accorded Paul, but presumably he was given a proper burial at sea.

the Indians simply outran them. "They made such enormous strides that with all our running and jumping we could not overtake them," Pigafetta noted.

marked the first time that Pigafetta tested his firsthand experiences against the claims of ancient writers, in this case Pliny

who relied on hearsay or the artful blending of hearsay with fact. If Pigafetta had any idea of emulating Polo

With this entirely factual approach, Pigafetta broke with a tradition that reached back to antiquity.