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• 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
• Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation


  The expedition that 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
• The Victoria and 18 men returned to Seville, Spain


  September 6, 1522
• After Magellan's death, it took 16 more months for Elcano to return to Spain</b>
• The Magellan expedition started off through the westward route and returning to Spain by going east; the entire voyage took almost three years to complete
• After Elcano's return, King Charles I decided that Spain should conquer the Philippines
• Subsequent expeditions sent by Spain to the Philippines

  • Garcia Jofre Loaisa (1525)
  • Sebastian Cabot (1526)
  • Alvaro de Saavedra (1527)
  • Rudy Lopez de Villalobos (1542)
  • Miguel Lopez de Legazpi (1564)
• Ruy Lopez de Villalobos


  Set sail for the Philippines from Navidad, Mexico on November 1, 1542, established a colony in Sarangani but could not stay long, named the country "Las Islas Filipinas" in honor of King Charles' son, Prince Philip
• Miguel Lopez de Legazpi


  Led the expedition that succeeded in colonizing the Philippines, landed in Cebu island on February 13, 1565, made a blood compact with Datu Sikatuna, built the port of Fuerza de San Pedro in Cebu, conquered Manila in 1570, 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
• The Philippines was easily conquered by the Spaniards because the natives lacked unity and a centralized form of government