Labelled in Latin and printed sideways, the Descriptio Philippinarum has a rectangular border indicating longitude and latitude. Dark shading indicates the coasts of the islands, and lighter shading in zigzags indicates the sea. Below the text that reads “Descriptio Philippinarum,” the map reads Archipelagus S. Lazari (Archipelago of St. Lazarus), the name given to the Philippines by Ferdinand Magellan, who first saw the islands on Lazarus Saturday, the day before Palm Sunday, under the old Julian calendar.
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James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN
