Archive for June 25th, 2009
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KARAGAS: 3rd TYPE OF PIRATES IN SAMAR
Captive-taking in Samar between the years 1601-1850 wrought endless devastation, destruction and displacement to established pueblos. It was a major problem, aside from the insurmountable difficulties of geography and terrain, faced by the Samareños as well as the religious fathers who were taking ministry in the island.
The pirates were [...]
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MAGELLAN DISCOVERED SAMAR
On March 17 (dawn of 16th as chronicled by Pigafetta), 1521, some three hundred leagues from the Islas Ladrones (Mariana Islands) at 11 degrees latitude North, at the southern coast they sighted Samar. To the southeast was located the island of Humunhon which Pigafetta called ‘Humunu’ and Francisco Albo called it in his [...]
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Allow me to post in this forum some of the researches I did for Samar. I will do this daily or successive, that’s why, the term ’series’.
I advise everyone not to quote anything that I presented in here since all these data need verification/validation/authentication from the historical body/ies. In order to organize all the data [...]
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