Answer to Question #249237 in History for Princess

Question

Write a one-page three paragraph essay containing an interpretation of the pre-spanish period using pigafetta's account.

Answer 1

Antonio Pigafetta’s account was the first detailed and descriptive observation made of the people, their lives and languages along with the geographical information he collected and wrote about on the voyage.

Some of the information that Pigafetta provided is used by many Filipino Quora contributors in defining the history of the Philippines prior to the Spanish settlements.

It also puts to rest the myth of who actually killed Magellan and it wasn’t done by a 70 plus years old man.