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Spanish Expedition
to the PHILIPPINES
THE MAGELLAN EXPIDITION
Ferdinand Magellan is a Portuguese
The first voyage around the world
that has lasted almost three years,
1519-1521
Objective: find a path to Moluccas
because of the Treaty of Tordesillas
Landed on Homonhon Island in
the Philippines on March 16, 1521
Chronicled by Antionio Pigafetta
 The Spanish Armada de Molucca
(The Spanish Fleet) consisted of
more than 300 men and five ships:
Santiago, San Antonio,
Concepcion, Trinidad (flagship),
and Victoria
First introduced Christianity in the
Philippines and had conducted the
first ever mass in Limasawa/
Limasaua Island on March 31, 1521.
 The Battle of Mactan
April 07, 1521
Magellan set foot on Cebu
April 27, 1521
War between Magellan and
Lapu-lapu
Magellan's death
 After War
The SHIP The OTHER EXPEDITION
Out of five ships and more Garcia Jofre Loaisa (1525)
than 300 men, only one ship Sebastian Cabot (1526)
(Victoria) and 18 men returned Alvaro de Saavedra (1527)
to Spain on September 6, Ruy Lopez de Villalobos (1542)
1522 Miguel Lopez de Legazpi (1564)

The MAN The

Out
START
of the five sent
Juan Sebastian de Elcano took expeditioners only two of them
over the command of the had actually reached the
expedition after Magellan's Philippines and only Legazpi
death and captained "Victoria" succeeded in colonizing the
back to Spain Islands
 The Timeline
September 20, 1519 Departure from Spain
March 16, 1521 Arrival at Homonhon Island
March 31, 1521 First mass in Limasawa Island
April 07, 1521 Magellan set foot in Cebu

April 27, 1521 The Battle of Mactan and

Magellan's Death
 Ruy Lopez de
Villalobos (1542)
 Who is Ruy Lopez de
Villalobos?
A Spanish explorer who set out on a
voyage to the Philippines on
November 01, 1542
Followed Magellan's route and reached
Mindanao on February 02, 1543
He named "Felipinas" in honor of the
Crown-prince, Don Felipe of Spain,
who later became King Felipe II
Establish a colony in Sarangani -
making him the first Spaniard to
explore this particular island
Due to insufficient food supplies,
Villalobos left the country and landed on
Tidore in the Moluccas, where he and
his crew were captured by the
Portuguese
Ruy Lopez de Villalobos never saw
Spain again, he died of malignant fever
in Amboina (Maluku) Indonesia on Good
Friday, 1546
Miguel Lopez de
Legazpi (1564)
 Who is Miguel Lopez de
Legazpi?
Miguel López de Legazpi, also
known as El Adelantado and El
Viejo, was a Spaniard who
financed and led a colonizing
expedition from Mexico to the
Philippine islands.
 He was the first Governor-General of the
Spanish East Indies,
He made Cebu City the capital of the Spanish
East Indies in 1565 and later transferred to
Manila in 1571.

In 1564, Lopez de Legazpi was commissioned by the

viceroy, Luis de Velasco, to lead an expedition in the
Pacific Ocean, together with Andres de Urdaneta, a
priest who had survived the Loaisa mission to find the
Spice Islands where the earlier explorers Ferdinand
Magellan and Ruy Lopez de Villalobos had Landed in
1521 and 1543, respectively.
ARRIVAL IN THE
PHILIPPINES
 On February 13, 1565, Legazpi's expedition
landed on Cebu Island
He had a blood compact with the cheiftain, Datu
Sikatuna of Bohol, as a sign of friendship and was
able to obtain spices and gold
On April 27, 1565, Legazpi returned to Cebu and
established a settlement
Built Fuerza de San Pedro for trading outpost and
stronghold for the region
Ordered an expedition to Manila headed by
Martin de Goiti to colonize the place and arrived at
May 8, 1570
 On-and-off relationship of the Spaniards
and the natives in Manila
Built Intramuros, the Walled City in 1571
to protect itself from foreign invaders and
proclaimed it as the capital of the islands
Died in 1572 and was burried at the San
Augustine 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 barangays were scattered and were
not united by a integrative political or
religious system (only Mindanao and
Sulu because of religious reasons were
not conquered)
Diversity of language which resulted to
lack of communication among ethics
areas
 Willingness to cooperate with the
Spaniards (as manifested by
numerous blood compacts and
treaties of friendship between Filipinos
and Spaniards)
Superiority of Spanish arms
and in art of warfare.
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