Agusan River
Type:
Visual materialSubject(s): 1900
| Water forms | Butuan City | 1900 | Butuan Bay | butuan city | Magallanes Elementary School | Magellan Monument | mindanao | riversOnline resources: View photo (midsize) | View photo (thumbnail) | View in Retrato website With printsGeneral Note(s): The river''s mouth joining Butuan Bay and a monument to Magellan at right. This place, which became a municipality in 1971, is named Magallanes because of the local belief that the Portuguese explorer''s party landed there on its way to Cebu from Homonhon Island. The French traveller, Jean Mallat in his book "Les Iles Philippines" published in Paris in 1846, claimed that the first Mass was held there. A monument to commemorate the spot in Agusan was built up district Governor Jose Maria Carvallo in 1872. Today, with the coastline being eaten slowly by the sea, the monument how stands inside the campus of the elementary school of MagallanesImage type: Reproduction: EngravingMedia format: With prints
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Images (Retrato, RHC)
|
Filipinas Heritage Library | Retrato - Geographical File | GE00029 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | GE00029 |
The river''s mouth joining Butuan Bay and a monument to Magellan at right. This place, which became a municipality in 1971, is named Magallanes because of the local belief that the Portuguese explorer''s party landed there on its way to Cebu from Homonhon Island. The French traveller, Jean Mallat in his book "Les Iles Philippines" published in Paris in 1846, claimed that the first Mass was held there. A monument to commemorate the spot in Agusan was built up district Governor Jose Maria Carvallo in 1872. Today, with the coastline being eaten slowly by the sea, the monument how stands inside the campus of the elementary school of Magallanes.
Desembocadura del Rio Agusan y monumento de MagallanesCaption Note)
There are no comments on this title.
Click on an image to view it in the image viewer