COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Victoria
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Concepcion
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Villalobos
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Legazpi
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Felipe II
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Detailed explanation-1: -Even the name Philippines itself was originally intended to apply only to Leyte, Samar, and nearby islands. It was bestowed by the Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos or one of his captains Bernardo de la Torre in 1543 in honor of the crown prince Philip, later Philip II.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Philippines was named after Prince Philip (later King Philip II) of Spain by the Spanish explorer Ruy Lopez de Villalobos during his 1542-1546 expedition to the islands.
Detailed explanation-3: -Philip was the self-proclaimed protector of the Roman Catholic Church. He sought to limit the spread of Protestantism, and he ultimately completed the work of unification begun by Ferdinand and Isabella (the “Catholic Monarchs”) in the Iberian Peninsula. Read more about the house of Habsburg and the Habsburg dynasty.
Detailed explanation-4: -Philip II, Spanish Felipe, (born May 21, 1527, Valladolid, Spain-died Sept. 13, 1598, El Escorial), King of Spain (1556–98) and of Portugal (as Philip I, 1580–98).
Detailed explanation-5: -In 1543, Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Philip II of Spain.