March 16, 1521, is a date that opens Yoyoy Villame’s folksy “Magellan” song. It is the only fact, the only thing worth remembering in his amusing retelling of Magellan’s short visit to the Philippines ...

Ferdinand Magellan set off from Spain 500 years ago on an epoch-making voyage to sail all the way around the globe for the first time. The Portuguese explorer was killed by islanders in the ...

Magellan's voyage : a narrative account of the first navigation / translated and edited by R.A. Skelton from the manuscript in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University ...

Vol. 1 consists of an introd. and a translation by R. A. Skelton of the French MS. entitled "Navigation et descouurement de la Inde superieure et isles de Malucque ou naissent les cloux de girofle" in ...