Reading philippine history

• Significance of Pigafetta's Narrative:

  • recorded the first encounter between Filipinos and Europeans
  • the earliest documents available on the language and culture of the islands of Samar and Cebu, a reference for those who study the pre-hispanic Philippines. including flora and fauna
• Significance of Magellan's Expedition:

  • the realization to the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, whose size was even larger than the Atlanticset the stage for modern globalization and opened the door to European colonization of the New World in the name of commerce
  • brought the Europeans the awareness on the existence of the Philippines, which led to its Christianization and colonization
• Significance of Magellan's Expedition:-proof that the earth is much larger, and round-demonstrated that all oceans on earth are interconnected-the discovery of a new trade route aside from the land route (ocean routes)

  -he discovery of the Strait of Magellan
• -8 June 1522: Victoria crosses the equator for the 4th time since leaving Spain.

  -9 July 1522: Victoria anchors in the port of Ribeira Grande on the Cape Verde island of Santiago. Between Timor and Cape Verde 15 Europeans and 10 Indonesians have died aboard the Victoria.

  -15 July 1522: Victoria departs hastily from the Cape Verde islands. 13 members of the crew are detained by the Portuguese authorities.

  -6 September 1522: Victoria enters the harbour of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and anchors off a quay at Seville on 8 September. Only 18 Christians and 3 Indonesians survive.
• -6 November 1521: Victoria and Trinidad arrive at the Moluccas: "Therefore we thanked God and as an expression of our joy discharged all our artillery".

  -8 November 1521: Trinidad and Victoria enter the harbour of Tidore, most important of the five principal Moluccas, which include Ternate, Motir, Makian, and Batjan: 'so that they spent from Seville to Maluco two years, two months and twenty-eight
• -November 1520: Estevão Gomez succeeds in the one successful mutiny of the voyage and together with the pilot Hierónimo Guerra takes command of the S. Antonio and returns to Spain, arriving 6 May 1521.

  -28 November 1520: The fleet, consisting of Trinidad, Concepción, and Victoria pass Cabo Pilar (which Magellan names Deseado) on Desolation Island, and enters the Pacific Ocean: "Wednesday,

  -28 November 1520, we debouched from that Strait, engulfing ourselves in the Pacific Sea."
• • May 1519: Antonio Pigafetta arrives in Seville in time to join the expedition and participate in final preparations.• 24 August 1519: Magellan makes his last will and testament..• 20 September 1519: The fleet weighs anchor from Sanlúcar and shapes its course southwest.
• *September 20, 1519- The expedition sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain.

  *February August, 1520- The ships winter in modern day Argentina.Crews mutiny but Magellan ultimately regains control.

  *November 28, 1520- The expedition sails through the newlydiscovered strait. Magellan and crewbecomes the first Europeans to reach the Pacific Ocean.
• *March 6, 1521- The expedition makes landfall in Guam after almost 100 days at sea

  *April 27, 1521- Magellan is killed in a battle with locals.

  *November 8, 1521-Juan Sebastian Elcano leads two ships to the Moluccas, and eventually returns to Spain with one ship

  *September 6, 1522- After three years at sea, the one remaining ship of Magellan's expedition returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda