It has been 500 years since the Spaniards landed on Philippine shores in Magellan’s Expedition and Elcano’s First Circumnavigation of the Globe.
Commemoration begins in mid-March 2021, peaking April 2021 - though events will continue until October.
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| Battle of Mactan with Lapu-Lapu & Magellan |
What is revealed and recorded of this historical event is far from the reality of those who actually figured in the expedition as they groped and stumbled their way around the world in their time.
