Journal of Magellan's Voyage
- Creator:
- Pigafetta, Antonio, ca. 1480/91-ca. 1534
- Published/Created:
- France
ca. 1525 - Physical Description:
- ff. i + ii + i + 98 + ii + i : parchment ; 276 x 184 (195 x 122) mm.
- Notes:
- Binding: ca. 19th century; red goatskin, gold-tooled. Bound by Duru in 1851 (note on f. i verso).
- Abstract:
- Journal of Ferdinand Magellan's voyage around the world in 1522, written by Antonio Pigafetta, Italian gentleman from Vincenza who survived the trip.
Manuscript on parchment (fine) of A journal of Ferdinand Magellan's voyage around the world in 1522, written by Antonio Pigafetta (ca. 1480/91 - ca. 1534), an Italian gentleman from Vincenza who survived the trip. Beinecke MS 351, the text of which is divided into 57 numbered chapters, is the most complete and most handsomely produced manuscript of the four surviving witnesses to the text; the original, probably in Italian, is now lost. - Topics:
- Navigation --Early works to 1800
Voyages around the world - Topics:
- Magalhães, Fernão de,--d. 1521
Pigafetta, Antonio,--ca. 1480-ca. 1534 - Language:
- French
- Genre:
- Bindings
Historiated initials
Illuminations
Inscriptions
Manuscripts
Maps in books - Format:
- Mixed Material
- Content Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 351
- Orbis Record:
- 9782527
- Yale Collection:
- Beinecke Library
- Digital Collection:
- General Collection, BRBL, Yale University
- oid pointer:
- 1068935
- Citation:
- Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 351.
Pigafetta, Journal of Magellan's Voyage. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. - Extent of digitization:
- Complete work digitized.
- OID:
- 2017752
- PID:
- digcoll:3395634
