wondrous and irreplaceable the feat of Ferdinand Magellan and his men when they circumnavigated the globe and discovered the Philippine archipelago on March 16, 1521. In the case of Magellan's ...

Ferdinand Magellan was born in Portugal ... The letters he sent to Magellan about the place would change the explorer's life. Back in Portugal, Magellan fell out of favour with the court.

You’ll recognize the year 1521, marking the arrival in the Philippines—the name was to come several decades later—of Ferdinand ... Magellan’s ships arrived in Samar on March 16, 1521 ...