who discovered the philippines and prove it?

Answer 1

Magellean (Portuguese) discovered the island, sailing for Spain. When the Spanish crown learned of Magelleans murder at the hands of the Indians, he ordered the colonization of the island. Spanish soldiers were sent to capture the island. A short battle ensued, and the Indians were easily defeated with very minimal loss of soldiers to the Spaniards. The Phillipines was then firmly under Spanish rule for more than 300 years. The control of the island passed onto America at the conclusion of the Spanish-American war at the beginning of the 20th century. The Americans wisely decided not to maintain the island as an American holding because of the many problems that the island possessed.

Incidentally, the responders answering that Indians "discovered" anything is a joke!

Answer 2

I am a Filipina and so through our view of our history and source from wikipedia.org this are the information i got:


About 50,000 BCE evidence suggests that Homo sapiens existed in Palawan.

The history of the Philippines begins with the arrival of the first humans in the Philippines by land bridges at least 30,000 years ago. It is believed that the Aetas were the first one to arrive in the Philippines. Next came were the Malays, Borneos and Indonesian races.

Muslim, Chinese and Indian traders made contact with the Philippines during the next thousand years until the arrival of the Europeans.

The first arrival from the westerners is Ferdinand Magellan - a Portuguese but work for the King of Spain - on Homonhon Island, southeast of Samar on March 16, 1521. Magellan wanted to colonize the Philippines and so he was killed by Lapu-lapu a chief in the island. Lapu-lapu is the Philippine's first hero.

Permanent settlements in the island of Cebu were established with the expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi in 1565, and more settlements continued northward with the colonizers reaching the bay of Manila on the island of Luzon. In Manila they established a new town and thus began an era of Spanish colonization that lasted for more than three centuries.

Answer 3

The history of the Philippines begins with the arrival of the first humans in the Philippines by land bridges at least 30,000 years ago. The first recorded visit from the West is the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan on Homonhon Island, southeast of Samar on March 16, 1521. Permanent settlements in the island of Cebu were established with the expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi in 1565, and more settlements continued northward with the colonizers reaching the bay of Manila on the island of Luzon. In Manila they established a new town and thus began an era of Spanish colonization that lasted for more than three centuries.

The Philippine Revolution against Spain began in April of 1896, culminating two years later with a proclamation of independence and the establishment of the First Philippine Republic. However, the Treaty of Paris, at the end of the Spanish-American War, transferred control of the Philippines to the United States. U.S. colonial rule of the Philippines began in December 1899, with very limited local rule permitted beginning in 1905. Partial autonomy (commonwealth status) was granted in 1935, preparatory to a planned full independence from the United States in 1945. But what was envisioned as a 10-year transition period from a commonwealth to a fully sovereign state was interrupted by the Japanese occupation of the islands during World War II. Full independence was only granted to the Philippines in July 1946.

With a promising economy in the 1950s and 1960s, the Philippines in the late 1960s and early 1970s saw a rise of student activism and civil unrest against the corrupt dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos who declared martial law in 1972. Because of close ties between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and President Marcos, the U.S. government continued to support Marcos even though his administration was well-known for massive corruption and extensive human rights abuse. The peaceful and bloodless 1986 EDSA Revolution, however, brought about the ousting of Marcos (who fled to Hawai'i on board a U.S. military helicopter, where he was exiled until his death) and a return to democracy for the country. The period since then, however, has been marked by political instability and hampered economic productivity.

Answer 4

The Philippines was discovered by aetas, malays and indonesians, thousands of years long before Ferdinand Magellan did. Magellan just rediscovered the Philippines for the Western world.

Answer 5

From the western world Magellan. He was killed near Cebu where a statue of Lapu Lapu. The chief

Answer 6

Magellan's ships reached there, but the natives killed him. His crew returned to Europe with the information on the islands.

So obviously, someone found it a long time before that!

Answer 7

Aetas , they were the first people known to inhabit the philippines .
You can check wikipedia for the facts .

Answer 8

I don't know who discovered it, however I know the original people there were the Nigritos

Answer 9

look for the answer here..
http://malapascua.blogspot.com/
http://pearlfarm.blogspot.com/
http://philippine-destinations.blogspot.com/

Answer 10

Chinese admiral Zheng He, who was the greatest navigator in china history. he began his voyage long before Columbus.