Long History

The Journey to Colonise The Philippines

In 1565 Miguel López de Legazpi set out on a journey from New Spain, today's Mexico, to colonise The Philippines. Listen to pilot Estevan Rodríguez's eye-witness account as the crew discover uninhabited atolls before reaching devastated islands and meeting wary indigenous people, as they search for a place to begin a new colony. Translated exclusively from the original Spanish for Long History, in eight parts.

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