Filling the Gaps in Magellan’s Route through the Pacific Ocean and the Philippines
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14701746 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zoltan A Simon (Independent Scholar / Red Deer / Alberta / Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 161-179 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0317-7173 • E-ISSN: 1911-9925 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cart-2024-0012 |
| OpenAlex | W4408568352 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
A new candidate is added to Limasawa and Butuan as the location of the first Easter Sunday Mass in Mazaua (Philippines) in 1521, with an eastern route at Mindanao. Pigafetta’s maps, combined with his distances in modern reconstructions of the archipelago’s map, advocate a Mazaua beyond Mindanao’s north-eastern corner. Reconsidering the primary sources suggests Masapelid Island with Mahaba Island. An appendix shows Magellan’s day-to-day progress in the Pacific Ocean. In it, the Fakahina and Caroline Islands are confirmed by calculation as Magellan’s San Pablo and Tiburones (Sharks) Islands
Climatology · Geography · Pacific ocean · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Geology · Oceanography
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |