Talk:Miguel López de Legazpi

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Contents 1 Legaspi vs. Legazpi 2 Year of Birth 3 Died poor and bankrupt 4 Julian Calender 5 Slight Changes

[edit] Legaspi vs. Legazpi

I don't know which is more correct, or if both are, but shouldn't his name in the article's title at least be spelt the same way as the name used in the article contents? I'm not sure whether to make a redirect or to correct the spellings in the article. --Migs 05:20, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

In the archives of the Indies in Seville, Spain. Legazpi with "Z" is the correct letter used.Gonzalo 2:15 p.m , 24 August 2005 (UTC)

There are also other references depicting the change of consonants in names especially when referred to by Spanish to Portugese or visa versa. I noted this also in the change of the surname Maniquis to its various forms; Manikis, Manikiz, Maniqiz, etc. CTO@large 15:47, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Year of Birth

I made changes to the birth year of Miguel Legazpi, this is because, he was not born in 1510, but actauly in 1502, soory! my appolgy. A lot of books particularly in the enclopedia and the internet article say that he was born in 1524, 1510 and 1505 but he was born actually earlier than that, it say's in the archives of the indies at, Seville that he was born around 1502 but did not mention what month or day. Gonzalo2:15 pm, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Died poor and bankrupt

It also says'in the "archives" of Indies in Spain, that Legazpi "died a poor man with a few pesos found in his personl belongings" after his death, and this is because he spent all of his fortunes for the conquest of the Philippines, such as continuosly buying weapons, hiring soldiers, horses, and foods. He had to payoff his soldiers for their long period of service between 1564-1572, the natives and the labourers who worked for him. Gonzalo 2:28 p.m, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Julian Calender

The archives of the indies, also say that, During the time of Legazpi's conquest of the Philippines, the old (Julian Calender) was used to record, the days and months in Legazpi's letters. So all of the dates used in the Legazpi article and the Spanish conquest in the Americas, between the periods of 1492 and 1582, comes from the Julian calender, not from the Gregorian Calender. - Gonzalo3:35 p.m., 30 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Slight Changes

I made some slight changes in the Legazpi article. I reverted The Conquest of the Philippines to Arrival in the Philippine Islands, the Spanish name of Felipe to Philip and Fernaõ Magalhães to Ferdinand Magellan. The article reads well now. Gonzalo 7:30 p.m., 22 September 2005 (UTC)