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The Philippines is named after King Philip II of Spain (1556-1598) and it was a Spanish colony for over 300 years. ... From the 10th AD century Filipinos traded with China and by the 12th Century AD Arab merchants reached the Philippines and they introduced Islam. Then in 1521 Ferdinand Magellan sailed across the Pacific.
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The Philippines were claimed in the name of Spain in 1521 by Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer sailing for Spain, who named the islands after King Philip II of Spain. They were then called Las Felipinas. ... Although the books were banned, they were smuggled into the Philippines and widely read.
