ANTONIO PIGAFETTA'S

FIRST WORLD VOYAGE

READING IN THE PHILIPPINE HISTORY
MAJOR EVENTS
 1519
August 10

270 men including Portugese explorer Ferdinand

Magellan, who is the captain of the ship Trinidad, and
Pigafetta left Seville and descended the Guadalquivir
River to Sanlúcar de Barrameda, at the mouth of the
river. Along Trinidad, there are also other ships
namely Victoria, Conception, San Antonio, and
Santiago.
 1519
September 20

Magellan set sail from Spain in an effort to find

a western sea route to the rich Spice Islands of
Indonesia. In command of five ships and 270
men, Magellan sailed to West Africa and then to
Brazil, where he searched the South American
coast for a strait that would take him to the
Pacific.
 1521
March 16

ARRIVAL IN ZAMAL (SAMAR)

Magellan and his team arrived in the islands

of Philippines or what they called as islands
of Ladroni riding the ship Victoria. They
first reached the land of Zamal.
 1521
March 17

Landed on the island of

Homonhon. (The Island of St.
Lazarus)
 1521
March 31

FIRST MASS IN THE PHILIPPINES

The first mass in the Philippines was held in

Mazaua (Limasawa) It was attended by Magellan,
Raia Colambu (Rajah Kolambu), Kaia Siaui
(Rajah Siagu), Spanish voyagers, and the local
islanders
 1521
April 7
ARRIVAL IN ZUBO (CEBU)

Magellan and his The king of Cebu.Raja Humabon

men reached the demanded that they pay tribute as
port of Cebu, the it is costumary but Magellan
refused. Magellan said that he
largest and richest was the captain himself and thus
island with the would not pay tribute to the other
help of Raja king.
Colambu.
 1521
April 14

• The people gathered with the king and the other

principal men of the island. Magellan spoke and
encouraged the king to be a good Christian by
burning all the idols and worship the cross instead.
800 souls were baptized including the king of
Cebu.
• Pigafetta showed the queen an image of our Lady,
a very beautiful wooden child Jesus, and a cross
• She asked for the little child Jesus to keep in place
of her idols and this image of child jesus is now
known as the Sto. Niño found in Cebu
 1521
April 27

BATTLE OF MACTAN

The warriors of Lapulapu, one of the Datus of Mactan,

overpowered and defeated a Spanish force fighting for
Rajah Humabon of Cebu under the command of
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who was
killed in the battle.
They shot the captain through the right leg
with a poisoned arrow, knocked his helmet
off his head twice.
 1522
September 6

After Magellan's death, his crew continued in the

single ship that remained, captained by Juan Sebastian
Elcano, a Basque. They returned to Spain along the
way, they had encountered a new ocean, mapped new
routes for European trade, and set the stage for
modern globalism. 270 men who left with the
expedition, only 18 or 19 survivors returned.
 1522
September 8

Victoria, the only ship survived finally

arrived at Seville.