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    LET’S TALK ABOUT

    Albo’s Log
    The
    Significance of
    Albo’s Log
    A Pivotal Moment in Philippine History:
    The First Catholic Mass

    The first documented Catholic Mass in


    the Philippines, celebrated on March
    31, 1521, is a landmark event.

    Limasawa Island in Southern Leyte


    and Butuan City in Agusan del Norte.
    A Pivotal Moment in Philippine History:
    The First Catholic Mass

    Examine the historical evidence


    supporting each claim, focusing on the
    role of Francisco Albo’s logbook.
    Francisco Albo

    A pilot on Magellan’s expedition,


    documented the voyage in his log.
    The Primary Sources: Pigafetta and Albo

    Antonio Pigafetta’s diary provides


    detailed account of Magellan
    expedition.

    Francisco Albo’s log, offers concise


    record of the expedition’s route.
    Albo’s Log and the Expedition’s Route

    MARCH 16 (1521)
    They sailed in westerly course from
    Ladrones, they saw land towards the
    northwest named Yunagan.
    They went instead to southwards to
    another small island named Suluan.
    Albo’s Log and the Expedition’s Route

    MARCH 16 (1521)
    They sailed westward to an unhabited
    island of Gada where took supply of
    wood and water.
    From that island they sailed westwards
    towards a large island named Seilani
    * Pigafetta calls it Ceylon.
    Albo’s Log and the Expedition’s Route

    MARCH 16 (1521)
    Sailing southwards, they turned southwest to
    a small island called Mazava.
    They sailed northwards again towards
    Seilani and followed the coast of seilani in a
    northwesterly direction and saw the three
    small islands.
    Albo’s Log and the Expedition’s Route

    MARCH 16 (1521)
    They saw three islets and dropped anchor for
    that night.
    Albo’s Log and the Expedition’s Route

    MARCH 17 (1521)
    In the morning they sailed southwest where
    they entered a channel between two island
    was called Matan and Subu.
    They stayed at the town (la villa) of Subu for
    how many days.
    The town of Subu was an east-west direction
    with islands of Suluan and Mazava.
    Albo’s Log and the Expedition’s Route

    In Albo’s account, albo’s does not


    mention the first mass but only the
    planting of the cross upon a
    mountaintop from which could be seen
    three islands to west and south west
    which also fits the southern end of
    Limasawa.
    Antonio Pigafetta

    Italian scholar and explorer. He joined the


    expedition to the Spice Islands led by
    explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
    Pigafetta’s Testimony on the Route of
    Magellan’s Expedition according to Bernad
    (1981)

    SATURDAY, MARCH 16 (1521)


    Magellan’s expedition sighted a “high land”
    named “Zamal” westward of Ladrones (now
    the Marianas) Islands.
    Pigafetta’s Testimony on the Route of
    Magellan’s Expedition according to Bernad
    (1981)

    SUNDAY, MARCH 17 (1521)


    They landed on another Island which was
    uninhabited and which lay to the right of the
    above-mentioned island of Zamal.
    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)
    Pigafetta’s Testimony on the Route of
    Magellan’s Expedition according to Bernad
    (1981)

    SUNDAY, MARCH 17 (1521)


    On the same day, Magellan named the
    archipelago the Islands of Saint Lazarus.
    Pigafetta’s Testimony on the Route of
    Magellan’s Expedition according to Bernad
    (1981)

    MONDAY, MARCH 18 (1521)


    In the afternoon of their second day on
    that island, they saw a boat coming
    towards them with nine men in it. An
    exchange of gifts was affected.
    Pigafetta’s Testimony on the Route of
    Magellan’s Expedition according to Bernad
    (1981)

    There were two springs of water on that


    island of Homohon.
    Magellan renamed the island and called it
    the watering Place of Good Omen.
    Pigafetta’s Testimony on the Route of
    Magellan’s Expedition according to Bernad
    (1981)

    FRIDAY, MARCH 22 (1521)

    At noon the natives returned. This time


    they were in two boats and they brought
    food supplies.
    Pigafetta’s Testimony on the Route of
    Magellan’s Expedition according to Bernad
    (1981)

    MONDAY, MARCH 25 (1521)


    In the afternoon, they left the island of
    Homonhon.
    This day was the feast day of the incarnation,
    also called Annunciation and therefore “Our
    Lady’s Day”
    On this day accident happened to Pigafetta:
    he feel into the water but was rescued.
    Pigafetta’s Testimony on the Route of
    Magellan’s Expedition according to Bernad
    (1981)

    After leaving Homonhon toward the west


    southwest between four islands: namely,
    Cenalo, Hiunanghan, Ibusson and Albarien.
    “Cenalo” is a misspelling in the Italian
    manuscript for what Pigafetta in his map
    calls “Ceilion”.
    Albo calls “ Seilani”: namely, the island of
    Leyte “ Hiunanghan” (a misspelling of
    Hinunangan).
    Pigafetta’s Testimony on the Route of
    Magellan’s Expedition according to Bernad
    (1981)

    THURSDAY, MARCH 28 (1521)


    In the morning, they anchored off an island
    where the previous night they had seen a
    light of bonfire.
    It is twenty-five leagues from the Acquada,
    and is called Mazua- they remained seven
    days on Mazaua Island.
    Pigafetta’s Testimony on the Route of
    Magellan’s Expedition according to Bernad
    (1981)

    THURSDAY, APRIL 4 (1521)

    They left Mazaua, bound for Cebu. They


    were guided by the king of Mazaua who
    sailed in his own boat. Their route took
    them past five “islands”: namely: “ Ceylon,
    Bohol, Canighan, Baibai, Gatighan.
    Pigafetta’s Testimony on the Route of
    Magellan’s Expedition according to Bernad
    (1981)

    At Gatighan, they sailed to the three islands


    of Camotes Group, namely, Poro, Pasihan,
    and Ponson.
    The Spanish ships stopped to allow the king
    of Mazaua to catch up with them.
    From the Camotes Islands they sailed
    southwards towards “Zubu”.
    Pigafetta’s Testimony on the Route of
    Magellan’s Expedition according to Bernad
    (1981)

    SUNDAY, APRIL 7 (1521)


    At noon, they entered the harbor of “Zubu”
    (Cebu) it had taken them three days to
    negotiate the journey from Mazaua
    northwards to the Camotes Islands and then
    southwards to Cebu.
    Thank
    You!

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