Getting our Philippine history right after 500 years – Part 14

(2052nd of a series)

Last week, Part 13 of this chronological review established with great certainty that as recorded by Antonio Pigafetta, it was in an island in Mindanao where the Magellanic Fleet had anchored and had the first Ho-ly Mass officiated in our archipelago on March 31, 1521. On the other hand, it was evident that four leading 16th century European history writers had been misled into concluding that both events took place "in the island of Butuan" instead.