HOUSE KEEPING
SCHEDULES,
HOUSE RULES, AND
OPERATION PROCEDURES
During the training, if case of
malfunctioning of equipment or
facility breakdown, thus is
immediately reported to concerned
personnel especially if it will cause
damage to people or property, i.e.
water pipes burst, industrial sewing
machine is grounded.
03
Departing from those two Islands, they sailed
westward to an uninhabited island of “Gada”
where took in a supply of wood and water.
The sea from that Island was free from
shallows. (Albo does not give the latitude of
this Island, but from Pigaffeta’s testimony,
this seems to be the “Aguada” or Homonhon,
at ten degrees latitude).
02
They went instead that same day southward
to another small Island name Suluan, and
there they anchored. There they saw some
canoes but these fled at Spaniards’ approach.
This Island was at 9 and two-thirds degrees
North Latitude.
04
From the Island they sailed towards a
large Island names Seilani “Ceylon”that
was inhabited and was known to have
gold. (Seilani—or, as Pigafetta calls it,
“Ceylon”---was the Island of Leyte.
05
Sailing southwards they turned southwest to a
small island called “Mazava” . That Island is
also at the latitude of 9 and two thirds degree
north.
06
The people of that Island were very good.
These are the Spaniards planted a cross upon
a mountain top. And from there they were
shown three Islands to the west and
southwest, whre they were told there was
much gold. They showed us how the gold was
gathered, which came in small pieces like
peas and lentils.
07
From Mazava they sailed northwards
again towards Seilani. They followed
the coast of Seilani in a north westerly
direction, ascending up to 10 degrees of
latitude where they saw three small
Islands.
08
From there they sailed westwards
some ten leagues, and there they saw
three islets where they dropped
anchor for the night. In the morning
they sailed southwest some 12
leagues, down to a latitude of 10 and
one third degrees. There they
entered a channel between two
Islands, one of which was called
“Matan” and the other “Subu”.
09
They sailed down that channel
and then turned westward and
anchored at the town (La villa) of
Subu where they stayed many
days and obtained provisions and
entered into a peace-pact with the
local king.
10
The town of Subu was on an
eastwest direction with the
oslands of Suluan and Mazaba
and Subu, there were so many
shallows that the boats could
not go westward directly but
has to go (as they did) in a
round-about way.
It must be noted that in Albo’s account that the location
of Masava fits the location of the Island of Limasawa,
at the southern of Leyte, 9 degree, 54n. Also does not
mention the first mass but only the planting of the cross
upon a mountain-top from which could be seen three
Islands to the west and southwest, which also fits the
southern end of Limasawa.
PRIMARY SOURCE :
Pigafetta’s Testimony on the
Route of Magellan’s
Expidition
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6 7 8 9 10
11 13 15
12 14
1
Saturday, 16TH March 1521-
Magellan's expedition sighted
a "high land" named "Zamal"
which was some 300 leagues
westward of Landrones (now
the Marianas) Islands.
2
Sunday, March 17-"the following day"
after sighting Zamal Island, they landed
on ''another island which was
uninhabited'' and which lay "to the right"
of the above mention island of "Zamal".
There they set up two tents for the sick
members of the crew and had a sow
killed for them. The name of this island
was "Humunu'" (Homonhon). This island
was located at 10 degrees North latitude.
3
On the same day, Magellan named
the entire archipelago of the "Islands
of Saint Lazarus" the reason being
that it was Sunday in the Lenten
season when the Gospel assigned for
the Mass and the liturgical Office
was the eleventh chapter of St. John,
which tells of the raising of Lazarus
from the dead.
4
March 18 1521- in the afternoon of
their second day on that island, they
saw boat coming towards them with
nine men in it. An exchange of gifts
was effected. Magellan asked for
food supplies, and the men went
away promising to bring rice and
other supplies in "four days"
5
There were two springs of water on
that island of Homonhon. Also they
saw there some indication that there
was gold in these islands.
Consequently Magellan renamed the
island and called it the Watering
Place of Good Omen (Acquada la di
bouni segnialli).
6
March 22, 1521- At noon the
natives returned. This time
they were in two boats and
they brought food supplies.
7
Magellan's expedition stayed eight
days at Homonhon: from Sunday,
March 17, to the Monday of the
following week March 25.
8
March 25, 1521- in the afternoon, the expedition
weighted anchor and left the island of
Homonhon. In the ecclesiastical calendar this
day March 25 was the feast-day of the
Incarnation, also called the feast of the
Annunciation and therefore "Our lady's day" On
this day, as they were about to weigh the anchor,
an incident happened to Pigafetta: he fell into
the water but was rescued. He attributed his
narrow escape from death as grace obtained
through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin
Mary on her feast-day.
9
The route taken by the expedition after leaving
Homonhon was "toward the west southwest between four
islands; namely, Cenalo, Hiunanghan, lbusson and
Albarien." Very probably "Cenalo" is a misspelling in the
Italian manuscript for what Pigafetta in his map calls"
Ceilon" and Albo calls "Seilani", namely the island of
Leyte. "Hiunganghan" a (a misspelling of Hinunangan)
seemed to Pigafetta to be separate Island, but actually on
the mainland of Leyte (i.e. Ceylon). On the other hand
Hobusn (Pigafetta's Ibusson) is an island east of Leyte's
southern tip.
Tnus, it is easy to see what Pigafetta meant by sailing
"toward the west southwest" past those island.
10
Thursday, 28 March- in the morning
of the Holy Thursday, March 28, they
anchored off an island "lies the
latitude of nine and two thirds towards
the Article Pole (i.e North) and in
longitude of one hundred and sixty-
two degrees from the line of
demarcation. It is twenty five leagues
from Acquada, and is called Mazaua.
11
They remained seven days on Mazaua
Island.
12
Thursday, April 4- they left Mazaua,
bound for Cebu. They were guided
thither by the king of Mazaua to who
sailed in his own boat. Their route
took them past five" islands" namely:
Ceylon, Bohol, Canighan, Baibai, and
Gatighan."
13
At Gatighan, they sailed westward to the
three island of the Camotes group namely,
Poro, Pasihanand Ponson. Here the
Spanish ships stopped to allow the king of
Mazaua to catch up with them, since the
Spaniards ships were much faster than the
native balanghai-a thing that excited the
admiration of the king Mazaua.
14
From the Camotes Islands they sailed
(southwestward) towards "Zubu"
15
Sunday, 7 April-at noon on Sunday
the 7th of April, they entered the
harbor of "Zubu" (Cebu). It had taken
them three days to negotiate the
journey from the Mazaua nothhwards
to the Camotes Islands and then
southwards to Cebu.
It must be pointed out that both
Albo and Pigafettas testimony
coincide and corroborate each
other. Pigafetta give more details on
what they did during their weeklong
stay in Mazaua.
