Posted on 03/18/2021 12:29:24 PM PDT by Borges
MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday urged Filipinos to learn from history and "never again allow any other tribe to compromise our sovereignty," as he marked the 500th anniversary of the landing of the Spanish expedition in the Philippines.
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew landed in the Philippines on March 16, 1521, in the first circumnavigation of the world. He died on the shores of Mactan, Cebu, in a battle with chieftain Lapu-Lapu, which Duterte called "an exemplary display of firm leadership and extraordinary courage defeated and drove away the colonials."
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Right. I think went like: “ You may fire when ready Gridley!” and then there was: “Don’t cheer boys, the poor bastards are dying.”
Our Leaders do it because it is profitable for them. How much foreign money went into their foreign bank accounts, including John Roberts is unknown. When they got rid of President Trump, one can only guess. But one can rest assured that they profited handsomely.
Dewey was a Lt. on an ironclad in the Civil War, and was involved in some hot action at Port Hudson when Grant was attempting to capture Vicksburg.
“They could determine latitude for many centuries. Had to wait until the mid 1800s to get longitude. Needed timepieces that could maintain within a few seconds for many months, in spite of motion, temperature, and humidity.”
I think it was a bit earlier check out John Harrison clockmaker. One of those unknown people who changed the world.
Absolutely but they had no concept of northern versus Southern Hemisphere with respect to things like hurricanes and the time of the year they needed to sail in each and there was no such thing as the Panama Canal so they had to sail around the lower tip of South America in seas that are difficult to say the least
You’re correct.
I'm sure from the place in the world that the Philippines sits, China can offer a much better deal than the US.
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