Enrique of Malacca's Circumnavigation: Bringing Home the Pigafetta Manuscripts

1/23/2021

Bringing Home the Pigafetta Manuscripts

About the Enrique's Voyage Project

Resources (many online)
• Contemporary Accounts [Updated]
• Enrique of Malacca: Online Sources [Updated]
• Magellan Biographies: Online and Print

Enrique’s Voyage: Profiles
• Enrique of Malacca, First Circumnavigator
• Ferdinand Magellan, Explorer-Conqueror
• Antonio Pigafetta, Magellan-Elcano Chronicler
• Duarte Barbosa, Magellan Ally w/ India Experience
• Juan Serrano, Magellan's Top Captain
• Diogo Ribeiro, Renaissance Cartographer
• Charles V, Magellan's Royal Backer
• Joãozito Carvalho, 1st Brazilian to Cross Pacific
• Juan de Cartagena, Magellan Mutineer
• Paulo the Patagonian Giant

Magellan’s Ships, Armada de Molucca
• Trinidad (Flagship)
• San Antonio (Rogue Ship)
• Concepción (Scuttled)
• Santiago (Shipwrecked)
• Victoria (First Circumnavigator)

A Story of Maps
• Ptolemy World Map
• Fra Mauro Map
• Cantino Planisphere
• Contarini-Rosseli Map
• Johannes Ruysch World Map
• Diogo Ribeiro's World Maps

Enrique's Voyage, YouTube Playlist
YouTube has a wealth of educational videos on the history Enrique traveled through, from Southeast Asia, to maritime trade, to Magellan's expedition.

Features
• Guam: Chamorro Canoes vs Spanish Carracks
• Jules Verne, Pigafetta and the Int. Date Line
• John Mandeville’s Circumnavigation
• Antonio Pigafetta Discovers Coconuts

Enrique of Malacca Trivia
• Enrique of Malacca in Song, by Artist Junior Kilat
• Enrique of Malacca Roleplay Ark
• How to Pronounce Enrique of Malacca

Frequently Asked Questions
• Who was Enrique of Malacca? (History/Biography)
• What was Enrique of Malacca’s Real Name
• What was Enrique of Malacca’s Cause of Death?
• Was Enrique First to Circumnavigate the Earth?
• Where was Enrique of Malacca from?
• Was Enrique of Malacca Filipino?

Southeast Asian History Links
• Srivijaya Empire (Video Find)
• Borobudur Ships
• Majapahit Empire (Video Find)
• Malacca Sultanate (Video Find)
• History, Maritime Trade Routes (Video Find)

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Enrique of Malacca Completes First Circumnavigation—by Language

On March 28, 1521, Enrique of Malacca became the first person to complete a linguistic circumnavigation of the globe—he traveled so far in one direction that he reached a point where his language was spoken.

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What Was Enrique of Malacca’s Real Name?
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What Was Enrique of Malacca’s Real Name?

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Enrique of Malacca’s original name is unknown. He was christened Enrique sometime after Ferdinand Magellan took him as a slave in 1511, when the Portuguese invaded and sacked the area trade hub. Historians later added Malacca to identify his (possible) origin. In his popular 1958 novel, the Malaysian writer Harun Aminurrasyid gave Enrique the Malay name Panglima Awang—also the book's title. The fictional name has stuck, and more fictional accounts and books have followed as the character took hold around South East Asia. Other fictional names have included Henry the Black. More about Enrique of Malacca's name.

Variants: The Portuguese version is Henrique de Malaca, the Spanish Enrique de Malaca. Other variants of Enrique’s name use the Malay spelling of the city—Enrique de Melaka. An Indonesian variant, Enrique Maluku, appeared in the book Pengeliling bumi pertama adalah orang Indonesia: Enrique Maluku (The first circumnavigator was an Indonesian: Enrique of Moluccas), written by Helmy Yahya and Reinhard Tawas.

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