Re-enacting the circumnavigation 500 years later
March 16, 2021 | 12:08 am
Juan Sebastián Elcano ARMADA.DEFENSA.GOB.ES
IN SERVICE to the King of Spain, five ships were sent on an expedition in 1519 in search of the Spice Island. Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan commanded the
Trinidad, the lead ship, and four other vessels: the
San Antonio,
In 1521, the expedition was completed with only the
Victoria returning to Spain carrying 18 surviving sailors out of the original 270. It was the Castilian navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano who took command and completed the expedition after Mr. Magellan was killed in the Battle of Mactan. Mr. Elcano completed the first recorded circumnavigation of the globe, covering a distance of 14,000 leagues.
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PTV News Officer-in-Charge Angie Arguelles said the three teams from PTV-Cebu assigned to cover in Dumaguete City were tested for COVID-19.
RTVM Executive Director Demic Pabalan likewise said that none of their personnel in Dumaguete City tested positive for the respiratory disease.
“All RTVM personnel assigned here to cover two events– airport and seaport– passed the screening with negative RT-PCR results,” he said.
The Media Relations Operations Office (MARO) of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) likewise confirmed that all personnel covering the events of the President in Dumaguete City tested negative for COVID-19.
President Duterte is set to attend two events in Dumaguete City on Thursday, March 11. He will lead the inauguration of the development projects at Dumaguete (Sibulan) Airport and the inauguration of the Port Operations Building of the port of Dumaguete.