Philippine archipelago essay

Learning things about the Philippine History does not only about recognizing people behind the freedom, culture and practices that we have today it also gives us knowledge to ensure that we don’t repeat the same mistakes that the people did before but learn something from it in order to give a better future and decisions for our country.

Archipelago ...ARCHIPELAGO- a large group or chain of islands any large body of water with many islands and or in other words Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands. Some 50 million years ago, the archipelago was formed by volcanic eruptions which is how an archipelago is formed.

The Philippines archipelago is comprises of about 7,641 islands which only about 2,000 are inhabited. The three major island of the Philippines namely Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao has its different and own history of how people defended and fight for their land, people’s way of living before colonization, tradition and practices.

From the summary of the context, it gives the whole class a background and representation of the Filipinos before, Antonio Figafetta’s first encounter with the locals to the death of Magellan from Lapu-Lapu’s forces. His work considered as one of the earliest written account and was seen as a credible source.