Talk:Carlo Amoretti

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This article forms part of a string of articles on the Age of Discovery and specifically Ferdinand Magellan's sojourn into the Philippine archipelago. More to the point, it serves to highlight a geographical controversy that is only now beginning to unravel globally after 486 years that it has been wrapped around a mystery surrounded by an enigma. This puzzle on Mazaua, Magellan's lost port, has heretofore been an insular issue discussed in the Philippines exclusively by non-Magellan scholars and non-navigation/geography historians.

It is best read together with my other Wikipedia pieces on Jacques N. Bellin, Gatighan, Gines de Mafra, Ceilon/Seilani, Ruy Lopez de Villalobos, and Enrique de Malacca. I would dearly love to have these peer reviewed by navigation historians and Magellan scholars.Vicente C. de Jesus 07:34, 1 April 2007 (UTC)Vicente C. de Jesus 04:23, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Grandest geographical illusion

I have termed the Limasawa=Mazaua dictum the "grandest geographical illusion of all time" as there seems no other example of a place (Limasawa) that shares nothing whatsoever with another (Mazaua) yet being mistaken to be identical. And acceptance of this illusion (or delusion) was universal. This illusion is only equaled by the "flat earth" belief. Vicente C. de Jesus 21:22, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Amoretti portrait

The world of Magellan historiography and navigation/exploration/discovery history owes much to the person (F. Chiodo?) who uploaded Carlo Amoretti's portrait. I have bombarded the Biblioteca Ambrosiana with requests, sent to every official listed in their website, but to no avail. Two Filipinos who're in Europe were also conscripted into this search, but all to naught. My highest compliments to the person behind this portrait. And profound thanks! --Vicente Calibo de Jesus (talk) 02:21, 17 January 2008 (UTC)