COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Mactan
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Limasawa
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Homonhon
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None of the above
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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. Magellan and his crew were assisting a local king they had allied with when they landed on the island of Cebu weeks earlier.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese Fernão de Magalhães, Spanish Fernando de Magallanes or Hernando de Magallanes, (born 1480, Sabrosa or Porto?, Portugal-died April 27, 1521, Mactan, Philippines), Portuguese navigator and explorer who sailed under the flags of both Portugal (1505–13) and Spain (1519–21).
Detailed explanation-3: -Magellan flagship Of these five ships, one was lost at sea (Santiago), one abandoned the expedition (San Antonio) in South America and returned to Spain, one was damaged and then burned by the crew (Concepcion) and lost at Cebu in the Phillipines on 21 December 1521 when Magellan was killed.
Detailed explanation-4: -He died from several mortal blows, one of which caused him to fall face downwards on the beach of Mactan. Lapu-lapu’s victory at Mactan was a serious blow to European prestige.