I seem to be spending more time these days dispelling all these unfounded, absurd and idiotic claims and myths surrounding the Magellan expedition of 1521. In a previous column I already warned that
anniversary of this event nears, we will be foisted with all kinds of false claims, fake news in modern parlance.
In two previous columns, I already wrote how it is simply impossible for Magellan to reach Mactang, Poro in three hours on board a carrack. Pigafetta wrote that they reached the vicinity of the battle site after three hours. And what of the other islands that are so adjacent to Poro that make up the Camotes group? Where are they in this whole scenario? Surely Pigafetta would have also mentioned that there were other chiefs on these islands so easy to cross from Poro. Why is he silent about this, if indeed the battle happened in Poro?
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