FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Christopher Columbus
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John Cabot
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Hernan Cortes
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Detailed explanation-1: -On April 27, 1521, Ferdinand Magellan was killed in a fight with the people of Mactan Island in the Philippines.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521) was a Portuguese explorer who is credited with masterminding the first expedition to circumnavigate the world. Magellan was sponsored by Spain to travel west across the Atlantic in search of the East Indies.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ferdinand Magellan arrived in March 1521 in the Philippines during his circumnavigation of the globe. Tagalog Couple from the Boxer Codex, a manuscript written circa 1595 which contains illustrations of Filipinos at the time of their initial contact with the Spanish.
Detailed explanation-4: -This year marks the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the Magellan expedition (1519-1522)-famed for being the first to circumnavigate the globe-in the Philippines in 1521.