by means of expedition of the first filipino
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Magellan arrived in the Philippines on March 16,1521 but it was unnamed until Ruy Lopez De Villalobos arrived into the country and eventually named the islands of leyte and samar Las Islas Filipinas (The Philippine Islands) in the name of Prince Philip II of Spain and the turned to Philippines
Because it was strategicaly important teritory to both the Japanese and the United states.
she was the one who discovered girl scouting in the Philippines
Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Philippines for the Europeans in 1521. It was already well known to its inhabitants and the rest of Southeast Asia.
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March 16, 1521 the the Philippines was discovered by Magellan
The Philippines was discovered by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 during his expedition to the Spice Islands. Magellan claimed the islands for Spain, initiating Spanish colonization of the region.
The Philippines was "discovered" by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan on March 16, 1521. However, it was already inhabited by indigenous peoples for thousands of years before Magellan's arrival.
King Ferdinand
Magellan didn't have a cousin.It was Ferdinand Magellan himself who discovered the Philippine archipelago.