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Important Points Regarding Magellan and The Battle in Mactan
Important Points Regarding Magellan and The Battle in Mactan
Important Points Regarding Magellan and The Battle in Mactan
The first recorded instance of Filipino eagerness to please foreigners even at the price of warring on
other Filipinos
Humabon offered Magellan some 25 warriors and wanted to join the war
Magellan was the first– and only-- Spanish commander throughout the centuries who refused to pit
Filipinos against Filipinos or apply the exigency of divide-and-rule
Although he was a great navigator and leader of men, he was no conquistador
Forty soldiers, including Magellan and Pigafetta, left the boats for the shore in thigh-deep waters.
Result: Most of Magellan’s soldiers manages to escape, Magellan and eight other Spaniards near him
perished. Military historian Uldarico Baclagon says Lapulapu did not bother about pursuit because he
was interested only in defense
Also points out that Magellan lacked preparatory planning. He did not know about the capabilities of
Lapulapu.
Proof that Magellan lacked military sense ( landed at a point so far from the shore, it being low tide, and
it proved to be most disadvantageous
Lapulapu seems to have been well-informed about the Spaniards, presumably by his spies in Humabon’s
terrritory