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Mar 31, 2021 · Some people, like Pope Francis, see Magellan’s arrival in the Philippines as the beginning of 500 years of Christianity in the country. Others are not so kind, choosing to remember Magellan’s arrival as the beginning of colonial subjugation in the Philippines. Both points raise very important questions about our past.
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who was determined to reach India and the East Indies by a new route - under the southern end of America. His journey to the Philippines is believed to have been the first documented European expedition to the archipelago.
Sep 17, 2024 · Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese navigator and explorer. From Spain he sailed around South America, discovering the Strait of Magellan, and across the Pacific. Though he was killed in the Philippines, one of his ships continued westward to Spain, accomplishing the first circumnavigation of Earth.
Magellan’s exploration of the Philippines paved the way for the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, introduced Catholicism and the revered Sto. Nino icon to the islands, and made a national hero of Lapu-Lapu, who still lives on in the memory of the people.
Apr 26, 2021 · March marked the quincentennial of Magellan arriving in the Philippines, exactly 500 years since Europeans first made contact with Visayans.
Mar 16, 2012 · On March 16, 1521, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, attempting to sail around the world for Spain, reached the Philippine archipelago. Magellan and his expedition were the first Europeans to reach the Philippines, a stop on the first circumnavigation of the globe, though Magellan’s portion of that journey would soon end.
Mar 16, 2022 · Exactly 501 years ago, at daybreak on March 16, 1521, Spain first saw what it would soon name the Philippines after its king, Philip the Prudent. Like hope on the horizon, the island of Zamal, now Samar, shimmered in the eyes of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew.
Mar 18, 2020 · In 2021, the Philippines will join humanity in commemorating the 500th anniversary of the journey of the Armada de Maluco (also known as the Magellan-Elcano expedition) that first circumnavigated the world in 1519-1522.
Oct 1, 2021 · This year marks the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the Magellan expedition (1519-1522) — famed for being the first to circumnavigate the globe — in the Philippines in 1521. It also marks the 450th anniversary of the founding of Manila, on the island of Luzon, as a Spanish city in 1571.
Apr 26, 2021 · Magellan reached what are now the Philippines in March 1521 after an arduous 100-day Pacific crossing. He set about using a combination of diplomacy and force to get local leaders and their...
