Samar – Ruta de la Expedición Magallanes-Elcano en Las Islas Filipinas

Location: Veteran's Park, Calicoan, Calicoan Island, Guiuan, Eastern Samar
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Date of marker unveiling: 17 March 2022
Installed By: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

SAMAR

RUTA DE LA EXPEDICION MAGALLANES–ELCANO EN LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS

EL OBJETIVO DE LA EXPEDICION ERA BUSCAR UNA RUTA ALTERNATIVA A LAS ISLAS MOLUCAS, LUGAR CONOCIDO POR SUS ESPECIAS (HOY PARTE DE INDONESIA). DESDE GUAM, LA EXPEDICION NAVEGO HACIA OCCIDENTE, EL 9 DE MARZO DE 1521. ALCANZARON LA ZONA DE SAMAR QUE EVITARON POR SU TERRENO ROGOSO (CORRESPONDE APROXIDAMENTE A LA PENINSULA DE GUIUAN Y A LAS ISLA DE CALICOAN, GUIUAN, SAMAR ORIENTAL). CONTINUARON HACIA LAS AGUAS DE SULUAN (HOY PARTE DE GUIUAN, SAMAR ORIENTAL), EL 16 DE MARZO DE 1521. MUCHAS ISLAS, INCUIDA, HOMONHON, FUERON DENOMIDAS ARCHIPIELAGO DE SAN LAZARO POR FERNANDO DE MAGALLANES, CAPITAN GENERAL DE LA EXPEDICION, EL 17, DE MARZO DE 1521. LA EXPEDECION ARRIBO A FILIPINAS EN LA BUSQUEDA DE LAS MOLUCAS.

EN LA COMMEMORACION DEL V CENTENARIO DE LA PRIMERA CIRCUNNAVEGACION SE INAUGURA ESTE HISTORICAL MARKER.

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