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Mactan Shrine, also known as Liberty Shrine or Lapulapu Monument, is a memorial park on the island of Mactan in Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines.It hosts two monuments, namely the Magellan Monument, which is dedicated to Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and the Lapu Lapu Monument, a bronze statue which commemorates Lapu Lapu, a native leader who defeated Spanish soldiers led by Magellan in ...
Ferdinand Magellan [a] (c. 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese [3] explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519–22 Spanish expedition to the East Indies. During this expedition, he also discovered the Strait of Magellan , allowing his fleet to pass from the Atlantic into the Pacific Ocean and perform the first European ...
The monument was featured on the 23rd season of the American reality competition series The Amazing Race, where the mappa mundi was used as part of a challenge where contestants had to measure the route that Ferdinand Magellan sailed across the world. [5]
Ferdinand Magellan coined the fantasy-inspired term "Patagonians" to describe the indigenous peoples he met. It gave rise to the region's name.
The Magellan expedition, sometimes termed the Magellan–Elcano expedition, was a 16th-century Spanish expedition planned and led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. One of the most important voyages in the Age of Discovery —and in the history of exploration —its original purpose was to cross the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to open a ...
The Nao Trinidad, a replica of one of Ferdinand Magellan's 16th-century tall ships which sailed around the world. There will be a brief welcoming ceremony at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 5 p.m. at ...
Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521) was a Portuguese explorer who led the successful expedition under Spain to find a western sea route to Asia (1519–1521). Juan Sebastián Elcano (c.1486–1526) took command after Ferdinand's death and completed the voyage, becoming the first person (along with 17 other crewmates) to circumnavigate the Earth.
After Ferdinand Magellan defected to the Crown of Castile in 1518, ... Vasco da Gama's body was first buried at St. Francis Church, ...