When European explorers first began sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, they were searching for new routes to China and the ...

Unfortunately, Magellan was killed in a battle soon after. His men reached the Spice Islands in November, 1521. One of the ships was captured by the Spanish. The remaining boat returned to Spain ...

An engaging account by Roger Crowley of the early trade wars between Spain and Portugal serves as a reminder of how money, greed and exploitation continues to shape the world ...

Several altar boys work together to disrobe a small wooden statue of Christ dressed as a king, a replica of an icon devotees believe Ferdinand Magellan brought to the island in 1521. They remove ...

A few alighted on its rocky surface. In 1990, NASA’s Magellan arrived in orbit around the second planet, using radar to peer through Venus’ clouds and map her tortured terrain for the first time.

“1521: The Quest for Love and Freedom” proudly ... Dusk Till Dawn,” “The Replacement Killers”) as Ferdinand Magellan, Australian Costas Mandylor (the “Saw” series), Fil-Am Michael ...

The Guam Rugby Union has selected a team of 26 players to play the Philippines men’s Rugby Team on Saturday, Nov. 9 at the ...

Magellan Financial Group caught headlines in August with its first major acquisition under newly installed chairman Andrew Formica. However, a key detail of the deal remained elusive – until now.

Homonhon, where Magellan first landed in Islas Filipinas in 1521, is the Visayas’ easternmost tip. Homonhon Environmental ...

It venerates the 30-centimeter Holy Child wooden statue given in 1521 by explorer Ferdinand Magellan to island chieftain Rajah Humabon and his wife on their baptism as the first Christians of the ...

Magellan Diagnostics, Inc. pleaded guilty Thursday to criminal charges filed by Acting Massachusetts US Attorney Joshua Levy’s office following an Federal Drug Administration investigation into ...