But he was in an awkward position when it came to his majority-Spanish crew and his royal mission. One ship wrecked; another ditched the expedition altogether and headed back to Spain. The captain struggled to regain control of his men, but once he did, the repercussions were swift and harsh. He ordered some of the mutineers beheaded and quartered; others were marooned or forced into hard labor. As the crew forged across the Pacific Ocean, food spoiled and scurvy and starvation struck.
Magellan and his men briefly made landfall in what was likely Guam , where they killed indigenous people and burned their homes in response to the theft of a small boat. A month later, the expedition reached the Philippines.
It turned out he was likely raised there before his enslavement—making him, not Magellan, the first person to circumnavigate the globe. Instead, he demanded that local Mactan people convert to Christianity and became embroiled in a rivalry between Humabon and Lapu-Lapu, two local chieftains. They returned to Spain in September Along the way, they had encountered a new ocean, mapped new routes for European trade, and set the stage for modern globalism.
Sixty thousand miles later, and after the death of 80 percent of those involved, the expedition had proven that the globe could be circumnavigated and opened the door to European colonization of the New World in the name of commerce. Lapu-Lapu, the Mactan ruler whose forces killed Magellan, is often credited with slaying the explorer. As a result, notes Ocampo, he has become a national hero in the Philippines.
Though Lapu-Lapu likely did not do the deed, he is widely commemorated as a symbol of Filipino resistance and pride. A monument that shows the battle itself—and the group effort that brought down an epic explorer—will take its place. All rights reserved. Culture News. Magellan was first to sail around the world, right? Think again. In September , Magellan set sail from Spain with five ships.
Three years later only one ship, the Victoria depicted on a map , made it back to Spain after circumnavigating the world. Share Tweet Email. It was Civilized before they discover it. Enoc and he is an Archeology. Should the Mongols were successful in occupying Japan and Java, the Mongols would have been years earlier from Magellan as what historians put it into word discovered. Well not explicitly, though. The product that the Spaniards are aiming for is the spices like nutmeg.
I hope those people celebrate how they victoriously defended their village from the Spanish invaders. Also remember that even Magellan died because of what he do in native people he always the person who introduced the Christianity that until know our beloved brother and sister christian believe. Subscribe to the OUPblog via email: Our Privacy Policy sets out how Oxford University Press handles your personal information, and your rights to object to your personal information being used for marketing to you or being processed as part of our business activities.
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