An exhibition shows the beauty and disparity of maps in a time of rapid discovery, when the shape of the known world was ever ...

GPS helps everyone from moms and dads and Amazon drivers to ship's captains get where they need to go. How did ships navigate ...

That’s the bold claim made by multiawarded independent filmmaker Lav Diaz in his latest work, “Magellan”—a film set to premiere at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival this May.

This time the volcano Krakatoa, in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, erupted. News of the colossal eruption was ...

The Lapu Lapu Festival is a Filipino block party that honors Lapu-Lapu, the chieftain who led native forces in the defeat of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan at the Battle of Mactan in 1521 ...

The novel, written in the form of a thriller, uses the first round-the-world voyage of Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastian Elcano 500 years ago as its starting point. Five ships: Victoria (Magellan ...

MANILA, Philippines — Decorated filmmaker Lav Diaz is returning to the Cannes Film Festival with his newest movie "Magellan," starring Gael Garcia Bernal as the titular Portuguese explorer.

The global ocean is made up of five major ocean basins: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic Ocean. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of these basins as well as the deepest. Its expanse ...

Rain with a high of 73 °F (22.8 °C) and a 65% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 9 to 15 mph (14.5 to 24.1 kph). Night - Cloudy with a 68% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 5 to ...

before a ‘Voyages of Discovery’ journey following the routes of Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Francis Drake and James Cook. After this, residents will vote for where they go next ...