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Uncommon card · History
Antonio Pigafetta, an Uncommon card
Antonio Pigafetta was a Venetian scholar and explorer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 53
- Power
- 120
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 61,000
Power 120 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Antonio Pigafetta quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Antonio Pigafetta card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is the first recorded document concerning the ______.
Answer
language. It is the first recorded document concerning the language. From the Antonio Pigafetta article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, he joined the Spanish expedition to the Spice Islands led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the world's first documented circumnavigation, and is best known for being the chronicler of the voyage.
Answer
1510s. In 1519, he joined the Spanish expedition to the Spice Islands led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the world's first documented circumnavigation, and is best known for being the chronicler of the voyage. From the Antonio Pigafetta article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In 1519, he joined the Spanish expedition to the Spice Islands led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the world's first documented circumnavigation, and is best known for being the chronicler of the voyage.
- During the expedition, he served as Magellan's assistant until Magellan's death in the Philippine Islands, and kept an accurate journal, which later assisted him in translating the Cebuano language.
- It is the first recorded document concerning the language.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Antonio Pigafetta article was read about 61,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 53: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get Antonio Pigafetta
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Antonio Pigafetta (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : original author is unknown (ancient drawing). See [3], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
![original author is unknown (ancient drawing). See [3]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antonio_pigafetta.png){kind=link}