Contextual Analysis Battle of Mactan
Contextual Analysis Battle of Mactan
Context Analysis
Title of the document where the selected text came from (1 point)
Excerpt from Antonio Pigafetta’s, Primo Viaggio Intorno Al Mondo in, in
E.H Blair and J.A. Robertson. The Philippine Islands, vol XXXIIII, pp. 175-187
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Translator (2 points)
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Author’s Name : Antonio Pigafetti
Birth of the Author
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Date (1 point): Around 1491 Death (1 point): Around 1534
Place (1 point): Vicenza, Italy
Relevant information about the author that would link the author to the
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approximately 240 men who set out with Magellan, Pigafetta was one of only
18 who returned to Spain in a battle on Mactan Island (Philippines).
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Author’s Purpose for Writing the document. (2 points)
The purpose is to specifically furnish important details on the discovery
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of the islands and people inhabiting the place. I believe he wrote it to share
his experiences and journeys in Magellan’s expedition in circumnavigating
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the world.
What was happening in history around the time that the document was
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written? (2 points)
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It was when they were sailing back to Spain. After the battle in Mactan, 2
ships were sailing back to Spain, the other ship was unsuccessful. The
Victoria ship under the command of Juan Sebastian de Elcano was the only
ship left out of the five ships that sailed in the voyage of Magellan, which
successfully arrived in Spain and was the first to circumnavigate the world.
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Content Analysis
What is the main topic of the selected text analyzed? (2 points)
The main topic is the journey of the first voyage around the world which
was commanded by Magellan
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Donia Beatrice- wife of Magellan
King of Spagnia
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What were the key topics discussed? Enumerate in numbered or bullet form.
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Zula ordered one of his sons to present two goats to the captain-
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general but was not able to send because Chief Cilapulapu refused to
obey the King of Spagnia.
The battle in Mactan.
The time when they were trading merchandise to the natives to
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give them the captain and the other men who have been killed during
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the war.
If there are any, what are the personal biases, suspected errors or misleading
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1) I noticed that the author did not clearly and completely state the
following sequences when they fought for the second time to trade for the
body of the general and the other men who were killed during the battle that
was commanded by Magellan.
2) The author did not state the reason why Zalu, the chief of Mactan,
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ordered one of his sons to present two goats to the captain-general and the
reason why Chief Cilapulapu refused to obey the King of Spagnia.
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