Sunday, October 7, 2018

1521, in March, Ferdinand Magellan sailed in Leyte, where he dies.




Βy October 1520, Magellan and his men had entered
                                                                  [what is now called the Strait of Magellan,
but the ship's captain avoided by stammering incomprehensible words
        [good goin', if we're goin', you know somethin, you understand what I'm tellin ?

The remaining ships sailed across the Pacific Ocean and in March 1521,
                                                  [Ferdinand Magellan discovered the island of Guam.

It was a time when the earth was smaller, and no one knew
             [there were islands of The Philippines, or for example, the current Vietnam.

Later in the same month, the Portuguese Explorer (city of Porto or Sabrosa)
                                                      [left the island and sailed in Leyte, where he dies.

The cause was the excessive confidence of the Spaniards in their arms,
             [the Middle East, and more often the Far East, traps, surprises, hopes belies…
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* ''IT COULD BE OTHERWISE in verse''
Texts and Narration: Odysseus Heavilayias - ROTTERDAM //
Language adjustments and text adaptation: Kellene G Safis -CHICAGO//
Digital adaptation and text editing: Cathy Rapakoulia Mataraga - PIRAEUS //
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