They killed our mirror, our light, our comfort and our true guide.

It was not through Antonio Pigafetta's writings that Europeans first learned of the circumnavigation of the globe. The only other sailor to maintain a journal during the voyage was Francisco Albo last Victoria's pilot who kept a formal logbook. Antonio Pigafetta (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔnjo piɡaˈfetta]; c.

1531) was an Italian scholar and explorer from the Republic of Venice. Pigafetta's journal is the source for much of what we know about Magellan and Elcano's voyage.