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Food security has become an imperative goal in our pandemic times. It is underscored in one of the two themes of the quincentennial of the coming of Christianity in the Philippines – “humanity” or compassion of our ancestors in saving the sick, starving, undernourished and hopeless crew
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10 Amazing Forgotten Explorers
Sometimes it’s not enough to be the first, to go the farthest, or even to chart the uncharted. Historical memory can be a fickle mistress, which is why we’ve decided to right historical injustice and celebrate the oft-overlooked pioneers of exploration.
10 Alexander Gordon Laing 1793–1826
For late 18th– and early 19th–century Europeans, Timbuktu was the El Dorado of Africa. But there’s a reason the word “Timbuktu” is still synonymous with remote isolation, because even if Alexander Laing could have accessed Google Maps it wouldn’t have done him any good.
With only a vague idea of where he was heading, the British army officer and his tiny retinue left Tripoli in July 1825. Laing’s local guide promised the plucky Scotsman the journey would take only a few weeks, but the caravan spent 13 months wandering the desert, avoiding warring nomads, and fighting its own war with thirst and hunger.
Trail Hongitochten in North Maluku
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Workers dry cloves in Somba Opu District, Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi, Thursday (3/9/2020). ANTARA/Arnas Padda The spice-hunting adventure by European nations began when the Ottoman dynasty in the territory of Turkey hiked prices, thereby resulting in their scarcity in the Blue Continent.
Soaring prices of spices led several kingdoms to take the decision to find their own origin for the commodity, which had become known in Europe through land trade of the Silk Road.
Historian from the University of Indonesia (UI) Dr Bondan Kanumoyoso remarked that spices from Maluku Islands had a long-standing history. In fact, the archaeological excavation of the ancient kingdom of Mesopotamia at the site of Terqa, Syria, led to the discovery of a vase containing cloves named Latin Syzygium aromaticum dating back to around 1,700 BC.
DUMAGUETE CITY, May 6 (PIA) The 17th historical marker now dominates the scenery of the new shoreline view Pantawan park of Dumaguete City that marks one of the 34 sites of the Philippine route of the Magellan-Elcano expedition 500 years ago.
Local and national officials celebrated the milestone in the history of the country as part of the quincentennial commemorations of the first circumnavigation of the world with the formal unveiling of historical marker for Panilongon (Negros) at Rizal Boulevard, this city.
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles lauded the unveiling of the Panilongon (Negros) marker, which he says is another reason for people to visit and discover Dumaguete City.