It’s a tall tale, in the most literal sense… of a land far, far away, inhabited by a race of friendly, dancing giants – said to be twice the size of most human beings. So intrigued was Portuguese ...

The novel, written in the form of a thriller, uses the first round-the-world voyage of Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastian Elcano 500 years ago as its starting point. Five ships: Victoria (Magellan ...

Award-winning Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz’s nine-hour film about the 16th-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next month. The festival ...

So intrigued was Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan with the colossal Tehuelche warrior who greeted his ship on the southern shores of Argentina in 1520 that he kidnapped two of his kind ...

a 16th-century tribal chieftain in the Philippines known to have slain the famed Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Who is Lapu-Lapu, and why is he being celebrated by Filipino migrants in ...

For first-timers, cruise ship terminology can seem like its own language. From direction to parts of the ship, crew members use maritime terminology onboard that travelers won’t necessarily ...

The Lapu Lapu Festival is a Filipino block party that honors Lapu-Lapu, the chieftain who led native forces in the defeat of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan at the Battle of Mactan in 1521 ...

That’s the bold claim made by multiawarded independent filmmaker Lav Diaz in his latest work, “Magellan”—a film set to premiere at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival this May.

Rio Ferdinand believes Arsenal’s ability to overturn a 1-0 deficit against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League will come down to mindset rather than talent. Speaking on his Rio Reacts ...

ON April 26, the Filipino immigrant community in Vancouver, Canada, held a festival honoring Lapu-Lapu, the Mactan chieftain who vanquished Ferdinand Magellan and his men in battle in April 1521. What ...