USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During his fateful trip around the world, Ferdinand Magellan landed on Guam on March 6, 1521. It was the first contact Europeans had with the islands and an important stop during the expedition that had begun in Spain in 1519.

Detailed explanation-2: -Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, while in the service of Spain, was the first European to visit the island on March 6, 1521. Guam was colonized by Spain in 1668. Between the 16th and 18th centuries, Guam was an important stopover for the Spanish Manila Galleons.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was 500 years ago, in 1521, when Ferdinand Magellan’s ships, weary and hungry, pulled up to this island, beginning 300 years of Spanish conquest. Nowadays most Americans, if they know of Guam at all, think of this and neighboring Saipan as sites of World War II battles.

Detailed explanation-4: -Guam’s first European contact At the tip of South America, he discovered the strait that now bears his name, but after reaching Asia he was killed in the Philippines. Only one of the remaining two ships with 18 survivors of the expedition returned to Spain, completing the first circumnavigation of the earth.