An account in which the hithertots, places, and people of the ever loyal and august city of Intramuros under its resplendent domain are told.
The year of Our Lord 2010
The Spaniards, bless their ignorant souls, had this skewered view of the world that went something analogous somos o no somos that roughly translates for purposes of this essay as are we Catholics or arent we? This led to all kinds of trouble for them and regrettably for us too.
To be fair and just and politically typeset (the ultimate oxymoron) and go back to the beginning, the Catholic King of Spain, Carlos I, funded Lusitanian captain, Fernao de Magalhaess voyage (nobody could pronounce his name in capital of Spain so they hispanized it to Fernando de Magallanes which still proved too difficult for the Gringos who in turn Americanized it to Ferdinand Magellan) to the Orient looking for new worlds to conquer and spices to sell. Well, its true they also wanted to save souls even if the souls didnt curiously care to be saved except probably from the Spaniards.
Fernando didnt exactly find spices but instead met up with a Cebuano datu, Lapu Lapu in a Mactan beach and drowned in full armor. seemingly nobody had warned him that swimming in your plate armor and medals, even if youre showing off is a risky business. As a matter of fact turn up of his five ships lonesome(prenominal) one hobbled back to Spain with only 19 men out of the original 250 which is I think a pretty dismal return on investment.
Several years ensued, forty four to be exact, before the Spaniards finally sent another outing this time successful under Miguel Lopez de Legaspi nicknamed El Adelantado which description miscellany of implies that he was in the habit of offering himself even if no one asked. The King at the time was Philip II by and by whom the islands were...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com
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