DISCOVERY OF PHILIPPINES

#1: King Philip II of Spain

·  Ferdinand Magellan was the first European to have made it to Philippines. He had served King Charles I of Spain and he went for searching spices in the west. His expedition was the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean.

·         Magellan also gave his name to the Magellanic Penguins being the first European to notice them.

·       Ruy Lopez de Villalobos was a Spanish explorer who named Philippines in the honor of King Phiip II of Spain.

·         Filipinos form the largest network of Diasporas in the world. They amount to around 11 million people.

Ferdinand Magellan