Legazpi-Urdaneta Monument
Monument to Conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi established one of the first Spanish settlements in the East Indies and the Pacific Islands in 1565. He was the first Governor-General of Spanish East Indies (present day as Philippines). After obtaining peace with various indigenous tribes, Miguel López de Legazpi made the Philippines the capital of the Spanish East Indies in 1571. Augustinian Friar Andrés de Urdaneta, (Order of St. Augustine) was a Spanish Circumnavigator and explorer. He achieved the "second" world circumnavigation in 1536 (the first was led by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano and their crew in 1522)
Legazpi-Urdaneta Monument
Monument to Conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi established one of the first Spanish settlements in the East Indies and the Pacific Islands in 1565. He was the first Governor-General of Spanish East Indies (present day as Philippines). After obtaining peace with various indigenous tribes, Miguel López de Legazpi made the Philippines the capital of the Spanish East Indies in 1571. Augustinian Friar Andrés de Urdaneta, (Order of St. Augustine) was a Spanish Circumnavigator and explorer. He achieved the "second" world circumnavigation in 1536 (the first was led by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano and their crew in 1522)