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#TodayinHistory in 1520, in a quest to look for an alternative route to the Spice Islands, Ferdinand Magellan's (& Elcano's) expedition, via the Strait of Magellan, reached a vast calm ocean. #Magellan named it "Mar Pacifico" (Peaceful Sea) or the Pacific Ocean. THREAD. 
Thousands of years prior, Austronesians, upon whom many of the peoples on the islands & archipelagos in the Pacific were descended, have crossed the Pacific Ocean, Earth's largest, by means of advanced knowledge in astronomy, navigation, & shipbuilding. tmblr.co/ZtGCUx2H0a06Y
This explains the flourishing of chiefdoms & sultanates in precolonial #PH, w/c have established trade relations w/ other polities & kingdoms. Tributary missions to China via the Sulu Sultanate, as 1 among many examples, prove that seas were highways for precolonial Filipinos.
Can we say that what is happening in #Afghanistan is the #EndOfAnEra? Yes, in many different ways... (thread) >
First, it's the end of this 20-year era in US/world politics bracketed by 2 searing, much-photographed incidents that each involved (a) airplanes & (b) desperate people falling out of the sky. >
So we can say it's the end of this era of the US's attempt to invade & then completely control/remake #Afghanistan. Many Americans (solipsistic, as usual) compare this solely to #Vietnam1975. However, >
#TodayinHistory in 1520, 500 years ago, in a quest to look for an alternative route to the Spice Islands, Ferdinand Magellan's (& Elcano's) expedition, via the Strait of Magellan, reached a vast calm ocean. #Magellan named it "Mar Pacifico" (Peaceful Sea) or Pacific Ocean. THREAD
Thousands of years prior, Austronesians, upon whom many of the peoples on the islands & archipelagos in the Pacific were descended, have crossed the Pacific Ocean, Earth's largest, by means of advanced knowledge in astronomy, navigation, & shipbuilding. tmblr.co/ZtGCUx2H0a06Y
This explains the flourishing of chiefdoms & sultanates in precolonial #PH, w/c have established trade relations w/ other polities & kingdoms. Tributary missions to China via the Sulu Sultanate, as 1 among many examples, prove that seas were highways for precolonial Filipinos.
It’s hard to separate #COLUMBUS THE MAN from COLUMBUS THE MYTH from COLUMBUS THE MONSTER. He was all 3. As a MAN: The supposedly Genoan mariner (he never wrote a word in Ligurian, the language of Genoa) had red hair that went prematurely gray according to eyewitness accounts. 1/
Genealogical cases have been made for him being Spanish, Ibizan, Portuguese, a converted Jew, a Polish descendant of King Wladyslaw III, Norwegian, or Scottish (really: scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-… )
In the realm of MYTH is Washington Irving’s portrayal of the mariner-businessman as a man of science intent on proving the Earth was round. That was literary license. Columbus & mariners & astronomers knew at least since the time of Aristotle (4th c. BC) that Earth was round. 3/
09/09 > Un mécanisme crucial d'activation des gènes découvert grâce à une #IA bit.ly/2DNb5lX via @Sciences_Avenir #LaMethSci
[L’étude à découvrir] 09/09 > Identification de l'élément promoteur du noyau DPR humain à l'aide de l'apprentissage automatique go.nature.com/2DMow5E via @nature #LaMethSci
10/09 > Plus d'un tiers de nos gènes sont activés (un peu) différemment entre les femmes et les hommes bit.ly/3kbnpw3 via @Sciences_Avenir #LaMethSci
#TodayinHistory in 1521, #Magellan arrives in Zubut/Zzubu (#Cebu, #PH), and is welcomed by the "King" of this island—Raja Humabon. Relevant pages of these #incunabula (French & Italian manuscripts, c. 1522-25) by Magellan's chronicler, Antonio Pigafetta. #twitterstorians
Translation excerpt: "Sunday, the 7th of April, about midday, we entered the port of Zzubu, having passed by many villages. There[171] we saw many houses which were built on trees. On approaching the principal town the captain-general commanded all his ships... 1/
... to hang out their flags. Then we lowered the sails in the fashion in which they are struck when going to fight, and he had all the artillery fired, at which the people of this place were greatly frightened. 2/
1/n #France #Belgique #GiletsJaunes Bonjour à tous et bon courage en ce début d'une journée qui sera longue et s'avèrera peut-être décisive. Il est 08:00 du matin. Plus de 30 personnes ont déjà été été placées en garde à vue pour "port d'armes" (frondes, marteaux pavés…)
2/n: Chiffres de @Le_Figaro, citant la Préfecture de Police: À 07h30 : 121 personnes ont été interpellées et 32 placées en GAV (pour port d'armes et/ou "participation à 1 groupement en vue préparation de violences contre les personnes ou de destruction et dégradation de biens...)
