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

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 incident happened as the Filipino community in Vancouver celebrated Lapu Lapu in remembrance of indigenous chief Lapulapu who led the defeat of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in a battle ...

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 ...

Is there a map in Expedition 33? Yes, there is a world map in Expedition 33. However, it is quite limited by its simplified nature and how undiscovered areas are shown on it. When you first step onto ...

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 ...

Ferdinand Magellan, Francis Drake and James Cook. After this, residents will vote for where they go next — with captain approval, of course. It’s hoped the Dark Island will set sail in 2028 ...

Everyone knows that Ferdinand Magellan ... to your entire life? Magellan died in the Philippines and never made it back to Spain. Out of the 270 men who set sail on the expedition, only 18 ...

But it took more than three months and Magellan was to die in one of the Philippines during a battle with the indigenous people for supplies. From then on the expedition was in command of the ...