Wala Lang Early on Easter Sunday morning, March 31, 1521, Magellan sent some men ashore to prepare a suitable place. Some 50 men including Magellan followed, dressed in their Sunday best. Six muskets fired as they stepped ashore and were greeted by Chiefs Kulambo and Siaui. The two were brothers,...
As part of the global celebration of the Quincentennial of the First Circumnavigation, 1519-1522, the National Historical Commission launches ‘Pigafetta’s Philippine Picnic’ by Felice Sta. Maria AROUND THE WORLD IN 1,082 DAYS Detail of a map of Ferdinand Magellan's Circumnavigation “The...
WEST PHILIPPINE SEA Shoal as seen in the Philippine Pavilion in Palazzo Mora (Andrea D' Altoe) I don’t apologize that it is only now that I am beginning to identify as a Filipino. I used to think that all that was Filipino in me was pure happenstance—I happened to be born in Manila of parents...