MacArthur had been evacuated from the Philippines. Disease and hunger were ... By the end of the war, a shocking 37% of all POWs in the Pacific theater would be dead. Today, the Bataan peninsula ...
Known as the "mother of all Philippine maps," the map's journey home began when Velarde purchased it for P12 million at the urging of former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio ...
To bolster public awareness on the Philippines’ maritime entitlement, President Marcos asked Filipinos on Friday to draw inspiration from the Murillo Velarde 1734 Map, widely regarded as the “Mother ...