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Magellan was not the first to travel the world—it was a Filipino

Published March 3, 2021, 11:30 PM Salcedo Auctions holds first major Important Philippine Art & Furniture sale for 2021 to commemorate 500 years of cross-cultural encounters LARGER THAN LIFE This untitled work in oil on canvas, the largest of Elmer Borlongan’s works ever to go on auction, is the jewel of the collection to go under the hammer at Salcedo Auctions’ March 13 sale Was Ferdinand Magellan the first to circumnavigate the world? No, but we’ll get to that later. Was Magellan even Spanish? No, he was Portuguese. His name wasn’t even Magellan, it was Fernão de Magalhães. He was a page to queen consort Eleanor and Manuel I of Portugal, who later denied his campaign to sail west, instead of east, in search of a new spice route on suspicions that he was into illegal trading. So he went to King Charles I of Spain, with which Portugal at that time was engaged in intense conflict. In Spain, he was lavished with every opportunity to succeed, so he did. His was “the grea

Spanish navy ship stops in Guam, marking 500 years since Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation

Spanish navy ship stops in Guam, marking 500 years since Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation The Spanish Navy training ship Juan Sebastian De Elcano arrives at Naval Base Guam, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Its visit commemorates the 500th anniversary of the Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation. VALERIE MAIGUE/U.S. NAVY By MATTHEW M. BURKE | STARS AND STRIPES Published: March 1, 2021 CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa The Spanish navy training ship Juan Sebastian De Elcano has arrived in Guam on its journey to retrace the first circumnavigation of the globe 500 years ago. The four-masted ship named for the explorer who finished the voyage after the death of Ferdinand Magellan was greeted at Naval Base Guam on Friday by Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero, Lt. Gov. Joshua Tenorio and Rear Adm. John Menoni, commander of Joint Region Marianas, Indo-Pacific Command said Friday in a news release.

Spanish navy ship stops in Guam, marking 500 years since Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation

Spanish navy ship stops in Guam, marking 500 years since Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation
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Global pandemic meets 500th anniversary of 1st global voyage – The Manila Times

Global pandemic meets 500th anniversary of 1st global voyage – The Manila Times
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Global pandemic meets 500th anniversary of 1st global voyage

Global pandemic meets 500th anniversary of 1st global voyage by Christopher Torchia, The Associated Press Posted Dec 31, 2020 10:31 am EDT Last Updated Dec 31, 2020 at 10:44 am EDT The Statue of the Sentinel of Freedom, or the Lapu Lapu Monument, stands in Manila, Philippines, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. In 2018, President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines designated April 27 as a national holiday to honor Lapu-Lapu, the chief whose men killed Portuguese mariner Ferdinand Magellan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) MEXICO CITY Disease, mutinies and uncharted waters nearly sabotaged the global circumnavigation of the expedition led by Portuguese mariner Ferdinand Magellan. Five centuries later, the pandemic looms as a Spanish navy tall ship sails to commemorate the feat.

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