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Pigafetta Guyot is a flat-topped Pacific seamount named after Antonio Pigafetta, the Italian chronicler who meticulously documented Ferdinand Magellan's historic 16th-century circumnavigation.
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Who is Pigafetta Guyot named after?
It is named for Antonio Pigafetta, the Italian scholar who chronicled Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, the first circumnavigation of the globe (1519–1522). His journal is the most complete surviving account of that voyage.
What is a guyot and who coined the term?
A guyot is a flat-topped underwater seamount, and the name was coined by geologist Harry Hammond Hess in the 1940s. Hess named them after the Swiss-American geographer Arnold Henry Guyot.
Why are guyots like Pigafetta flat-topped?
They began as volcanic islands whose tops were worn down to sea level by waves and weathering. As the ocean crust cooled and subsided, the flat volcanic platform sank to its present deep position on the Pacific floor.
What did Antonio Pigafetta write about Magellan's voyage?
His account, known in English as a report of the first voyage around the world, documents the expedition's hardships and Magellan's death in the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines in 1521. Pigafetta was among the roughly 18 men who returned to Spain aboard the ship Victoria in 1522.
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