the philippines

In 1521, Ferdinand Magellan and his surviving men arrived in what would later be called the Philippines. There, he befriended a local ruler named Humabon, who was the Raja of Cebu. Humabon, his primary wife, and many of his subjects agreed to convert to Christianity. When Humabon ordered the...

Assuming US never gets possession of the Philippines, perhaps the Spanish stay, or the Germans, the French, the Japanese take over, or they become a successful independent nation. Does the US still try to get colonies in East Asia or is the central Pacific as far west as it goes? If the former...

"Indeed, the Philippines before the Spanish colonial era was a mosaic of different nations, culturally influenced by China, India and the Malay Archipelago, also known as Nusantara. However, a single entity has a significant influence and an enough power to control the affairs and destiny of the...

"Indeed, the Philippines before the Spanish colonial era was a mosaic of different nations, culturally influenced by China, India and the Malay Archipelago, also known as Nusantara. However, a single entity has a significant influence and an enough power to control the affairs and destiny of the...