Travel of Filippo Pigafetta from Crete to Egypt and Sinai
Title
Travel of Filippo Pigafetta from Crete to Egypt and Sinai
Description
Pigafetta's journey began on 3 October 1576 from the island of Crete and continued on to Alexandria, Rosetta and Cairo. He then headed to Mount Sinai. He returned to Cairo on 16 March 1577.
Travel type
Diplomatic
Historical period
Early modern period
Observations on the
travel
Pigafetta returned to Veneto in October 1579, but his diary recounting this journey ends on 16 March 1577.
The dots on the map indicate
the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent
travel stages.
Events description
1. Artillery shots at the departure of the galley
2. Musical accompaniment and singing in the Coptic Mass
3. Call to prayer of the muezzin
4. Women's songs and dances in the gardens outside Alexandria
5. Sailors salute by singing Rosetta
6. Shouts of defense against thieves
7. Music and songs of the Nile flood festival
8. Dancers, players and singers in the Nile trench
9. Sounds and songs of the peoples going to see the Nile's flooding
10. Sounds, chants and shouts preceding the cutting of the "Khalīj"
11. Shouts and chants of neighborhood watchmen in the night
12. Men shout in the street for garbage collection
13. The sound of donkey chains
14. Women's voices perform the zaġrūṭa
15. Songs and dances of Bedouin women
16. Moorish and belly dance
17. Birdsong
18. The market, shouting and the art of negotiation
19. The camel bells of the procession to Mecca
20. Songs and sounds of the procession to Mecca
21. The clamor of the people during the procession to Mecca
22. Poets and singers follow the caravan to Mecca
23. The sound of a burial at the Pyramids of Giza
24. The way of speaking
25. Military exercises on horseback with shouting
26. The use of the drums in war
27. The verses of camels
28. Song of the camel drivers
29. Singing of the Psalm of Mary
30. Camel drivers' songs around the fire
31. A comparison of the singing style of the Arabs and the Spanish
32. Singing, sounding of castanets and dancing of Arab females
33. The sound of Archibugi's gunfire
34. The friar's camel could no longer hear
35. The sound of castanets at specific hours
36. The songs of the sailors
2. Musical accompaniment and singing in the Coptic Mass
3. Call to prayer of the muezzin
4. Women's songs and dances in the gardens outside Alexandria
5. Sailors salute by singing Rosetta
6. Shouts of defense against thieves
7. Music and songs of the Nile flood festival
8. Dancers, players and singers in the Nile trench
9. Sounds and songs of the peoples going to see the Nile's flooding
10. Sounds, chants and shouts preceding the cutting of the "Khalīj"
11. Shouts and chants of neighborhood watchmen in the night
12. Men shout in the street for garbage collection
13. The sound of donkey chains
14. Women's voices perform the zaġrūṭa
15. Songs and dances of Bedouin women
16. Moorish and belly dance
17. Birdsong
18. The market, shouting and the art of negotiation
19. The camel bells of the procession to Mecca
20. Songs and sounds of the procession to Mecca
21. The clamor of the people during the procession to Mecca
22. Poets and singers follow the caravan to Mecca
23. The sound of a burial at the Pyramids of Giza
24. The way of speaking
25. Military exercises on horseback with shouting
26. The use of the drums in war
27. The verses of camels
28. Song of the camel drivers
29. Singing of the Psalm of Mary
30. Camel drivers' songs around the fire
31. A comparison of the singing style of the Arabs and the Spanish
32. Singing, sounding of castanets and dancing of Arab females
33. The sound of Archibugi's gunfire
34. The friar's camel could no longer hear
35. The sound of castanets at specific hours
36. The songs of the sailors
Places
Sounds
How to quote
Murarotto E., "Travel of Filippo Pigafetta from Crete to Egypt and Sinai" (Travel), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2023 01 19.doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.31
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