The Spanish Embassy in Manila said the ship, commonly known as “Elcano,” will arrive in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, on March 16 and will be in Suluan and Homonhon islands until March 18 and later in Cebu , “in the very places where the expedition made the first visual contact, landing and human encounter on those very dates but only just 500 years later.”
“The journey was a historical leap forward and a technical challenge for that time. Initially, five ships and 238 men departed Spain as part of the expedition and only 18 men and one ship made it back three years later,” it said.
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