News Instituto Cervantes Hosts Webinar Focused on the First Voyage Around the World Nov 23, 20201633 views0 Share By JF Staff Share This article is available in Spanish. MANILA, Philippines — Instituto Cervantes de Manila will host a webinar titled “Today, 500 years ago, the Pacific Ocean was baptized. The Strait of Magellan” on Nov. 28 at 6 p.m. During Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage around the world, the three remaining ships of the expedition he led completed the crossing of the Strait on November 28, 1521. What would be the first voyage in history to cross the ocean, which they baptized with the name of Pacific, began on that day. The said webinar will focus on the 500th year of the naming of the Pacific Ocean. Speakers include the Chilean ambassador, Claudio Rojas; the director of ICM, Javier Galván; the author of the book “Ferdinand Magellan: The Armada de Malucco and the European Discovery of the Philippines,” Danilo M. Gerona; Archivo General de Indias’ Braulio Vázquez; and the author of “Elcano, viaje a la historia,” Tomás Mazón. Interested participants can access the webinar for free through this Zoom link on a first-come-first-serve basis. For more information, please visit the webinar’s Facebook event page. This is a news story based on a press release. Can we ask you a favor? In general, about 80% of our revenue comes from advertising and about 20% from donations. Our business model — and our journalism — depends more on your financial support than other news businesses do. If your budget allows for it, please make a contribution. We do charge advertisers for the ability to reach and engage with our audiences. That revenue stream depends less on the size of our audience than it does on the local economy, which drives advertising dollars. As always, with questions or comments, please contact us here. Share
