Carta desde las Islas de las Especias: una nueva edición de la misiva de Juan Bautista de Punzorol

Abstract

Study and critical edition of the letter of Juan Bautista de Punzorol, master of the Trinidad, Magellan’s flagship, written from Tidore, in the Moluccas, on December 21, 1521. A translation into Italian reached the Republic of Ragusa, where another copy was made, the transcription of which was published by Eugene Gelcich in 1889 and translated into Spanish by Toribio Medina in 1920. A new transcription and translation of this copy are offered here, which shed new light on the Spice «Armada».