FIRST VOYAGE

• Ferdinand Magellan


  A Portuguese in the service of the Spanish crown, looking for a westward route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia
• Magellan's expedition landed on Homonhon island in the Philippines


  March 16, 1521
• Rajah Humabon


  Friendly with Magellan and embraced Christianity
• Lapu-Lapu


  Enemy of Humabon, did not embrace Christianity
• Magellan sailed to Mactan and was killed by the natives led by Lapu-Lapu


  April 17, 1521
• Magellan's expedition


  • Set sail with 270 men and five ships: the Trinidad, the San Antonio, the Victoria, the Conception, and the Santiago
  • Goal was to find a western route to the Moluccas (Spice Islands) and trade for spices
• The expedition is often called the Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation
• Victoria


  Part of the Spanish expedition commanded by Ferdinand Magellan and then Juan Sebastián Elcano
• Magellan set out with a fleet of five fully supplied ships


  September 20, 1519
• Out of the five ships and more than 300 men who left on the Magellan expedition in 1519, only one ship (the Victoria) and 18 men returned to Seville, Spain on September 6, 1522
• The Magellan expedition was considered historic because it marked the first circumnavigation of the globe and proved that the world was round
• Juan Sebastian de Elcano


  Took over the command of the expedition after the death of Magellan and captained the ship "Victoria" back to Spain
• Elcano and his men earned the distinction of being the first to circumnavigate the world in one full journey
• The Magellan expedition started off through the westward route and returning to Spain by going east; Magellan and Elcano's entire voyage took almost three years to complete
• Spain sends other expeditions

  Garcia Jofre Loaisa (1525), Sebastian Cabot (1526), Alvaro de Saavedra (1527), Rudy Lopez de Villalobos (1542) and Miguel Lopez de Legazpi (1564)
• Only the last two expeditions (Villalobos and Legazpi) actually reached the Philippines; and only Legazpi succeeded in colonizing the Islands
• Ruy Lopez de Villalobos


  Set sail for the Philippines from Navidad, Mexico on November 1, 1542, followed Magellan's route, reached Mindanao on February 2, 1543, established a colony in Sarangani but could not stay long, captured by the Portuguese in Tidore
• Villalobos is remembered for naming our country "Las Islas Filipinas," in honor of King Charles' son, Prince Philip, who later became king of Spain
• Miguel Lopez de Legaspi


  Led the expedition that succeeded in colonizing the Philippines, landed in Cebu island on February 13, 1565, made a blood compact with Datu Sikatuna, destroyed the town of Raja Tupas and establish a settlement, built the port of Fuerza de San Pedro which became the Spanish trading outpost and stronghold
• Hearing of the riches of Manila, an expedition of 300 men headed by Martin de Goiti left Cebu for Manila, found the islands of Panay and Mindoro, arrived in Manila on May 8, 1570, conquered Manila after a battle with Rajah Suliman
• In 1571, Legaspi ordered the construction of the walled city of Intramuros and proclaimed it as the seat of government of the colony and the capital of the islands
• In 1572, Legaspi died and was buried at the San Agustin Church in Intramuros
• In 1574, Manila was bestowed the title "Insigne y Siempre Leal Ciudad de España" (Distinguished and ever loyal city of Spain) by King Philip II of Spain
• Why the Philippines was easily conquered

  The natives lacked unity and a centralized form of government, the Spaniards used the barangays that were friendly to them in order to subdue the barangays that were not