Antonio Pigafetta

It was not through Antonio Pigafetta's writings that Europeans first learned of the circumnavigation of the globe. The only other sailor to maintain a journal during the voyage was Francisco Albo last Victoria's pilot who kept a formal logbook. Antonio Pigafetta (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔnjo piɡaˈfetta]; c.

1531) was an Italian scholar and explorer from the Republic of Venice. Pigafetta's journal is the source for much of what we know about Magellan and Elcano's voyage.