“We ate biscuit, which was no longer biscuit, but powder of biscuits swarming with worms... It stank strongly of the urine of rats.”

About Antonio Pigafetta

Chronicler • Venetian

Antonio Pigafetta was a Venetian scholar and explorer who joined the expedition to the Spice Islands led by Ferdinand Magellan. He served as Magellan's assistant and kept an accurate journal, which became the main...