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Magellan’s slave: Linguistics can solve the riddle of Enrique’s origin
By: Clee Villasor on: Mar 10,2008 In: Authors & Contributors, Blogging, Cebu Asia, Commentaries, Cultural Heritage, General Information, History, Philippine Historical Fallacies and HoaxesThis post is written by Vicente Calibo de Jesus, Renaissance navigation historian, particularly on Mazaua historiography.
Fernao de Magalhaes states in his Last Will and Testament his “captured” slave, Enrique, was a native of Malacca. On the other hand, the Vicentine diarist, Antonio Pigafetta, explicitly says “Henrich” was from Sumatra. Maximilianus Transylvanus says the slave was […]
Argao Chapel: Forsaken and Found
By: Clee Villasor on: Mar 6,2008 In: Authors & Contributors, Blogging, Cebu Asia, Commentaries, Cultural Heritage, General Information, History, Interestingness, Landmarks & Tourist Spots, News, Off-Beaten Tracks, Photo Essay, Photography, SidetripThis post is written by Edgar Alan Zeta-Yap.
Argao, my mother’s hometown, is one of the most charming towns in southern Cebu. Known for its baroque-rococo Church of St. Michael the Archangel that boasts of detailed ceiling frescoes and a grand retablo, all within the well-preserved colonial town plaza, we’ve frequented this place for years for […]
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to reach the Philippine archipelago
By: Vicente Calibo de Jesus on: Mar 5,2008 In: Authors & Contributors, Blogging, Cebu Asia, Cebu Government, Commentaries, Cultural Heritage, Curious in the City, Exclusive Reports, General Information, History, Philippine Historical Fallacies and HoaxesThis post is written by Vicente Calibo de Jesus, Renaissance navigation historian, particularly on Mazaua historiography.
Conventional wisdom tells us the first Europeans to reach our archipelago were those in the Armada de Molucca under Fernao de Magalhaes (Ferdinand Magellan) in March 1521.
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