FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH EXPLORERS
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Question
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He became ill and died.
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He drowned in the sea as he came ashore.
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Defeating the Filipinos
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He stayed in the Philippines because he was treated as royalty.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On April 27, 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by a poison arrow during a skirmish on the island of Mactan in what is now the Philippines.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Philippines were claimed in the name of Spain in 1521 by Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer sailing for Spain, who named the islands after King Philip II of Spain. They were then called Las Felipinas.
Detailed explanation-3: -On March 17, 1521, Magellan and his crew first came into contact with inhabitants of the Homonhon Island, which would later become part of the archipelago known as the Philippines. They soon proceeded to Limasawa, where the first Catholic mass in the Philippines was celebrated.
Detailed explanation-4: -European history books celebrate the expedition as a three-year Spanish-led voyage, carrying 270 men on five ships. But Filipino commemorations remind audiences that Magellan died halfway through the expedition in the Philippines and that only one ship with just 18 survivors limped home to Seville.