SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE

The government of Spain provided 5 ships for the Magellan expedition. Ferdinand Magellan led the five
Spanish ships and 237 men in what was to become the first voyage around the World. The names of the
ships were the Trinidad, the San Antonio, the Concepcion, the Santiago and the Victoria. The first four
ships was lost but Under the Command of Luiz Mendoza that was soon led by Juan Sebastian Elcano. The
ship where Antonio Pigafetta was on board and this is the first ship that circumnavigated the World, the
only ship to complete the voyage. On September 8, 1522, the crew of the Victoria cast anchor in the
waters off of Seville, Spain, having just completed the first circumnavigation of the world. On board was
Antonio Pigafetta, a young Italian nobleman who had joined the expedition three years before, and
served as an assistant to Ferdinand Magellan en route to the Molucca Islands. Magellan was dead. The
rest of the fleet was gone: the Santiago shipwrecked, the San Antonio overtaken, the Concepcion
burned and the Trinidad abandoned. Of the 237 sailors who departed from Seville, eighteen returned on
the Victoria. Pigafetta had managed to survive, along with his journal—notes that detailed the discovery
of the western route to the Moluccas. And along the way, new land, new peoples: on the far side of the
Pacific, the fleet had stumbled across the Marianas archipelago, and some three hundred leagues
further west, the Philippines. Throughout the expedition, there served a translator named Enrique he
was from Sumatra (present day Indonesia) and was a slave of Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan and his
men entered the port of Cebu. Initially, Magellan and his men encountered some struggle when first
entering the port of Cebu. The “king” of Cebu wanted Magellan and his men to pay tribute to them but,
Magellan refused and told the translator that they are working for the King of Spain and threatens him
with war. On April 26, 1521, Datu Zula, Chief of Mactan, sent to Magellan one of his sons with two goats
as present. The first mass in the Philippines was held in Mazaua (Limasawa) during April 8, 1521 and
April 15, 1521. It was attended by Magellan, Raia Colambu (Rajah Kolambu), Raia Siaui (Rajah Siagu),
Spanish voyagers, and the local islanders. A mass was held with Raia Humabon and his people attending
the ceremony. 800 souls were baptized. Pigafetta showed the queen an image of our Lady, a very
beautiful wooden child Jesus, and a cross. She asked for the little child Jesus to keep in place of her idols
and this image of child Jesus is now known as the Sto. Niño found in Cebu. On 17 March 1521Arrival in
Zamal (Samar at present). The island was called Humunu (now Homonhon) Magellan and his men called
it Acquada da li buoni Segnialli (“The Watering-place of Good Signs”) There are many islands in that
district, and therefore they called them the archipelago of San Lazaro, as they were discovered on the
Sunday of St. Lazarus. "When morning came, forty-nine of us leaped into the water up to our thighs, and
walked through water for more than two cross-bow flights before we could reach the shore. The boats
could not approach nearer because of certain rocks in the water. The other eleven men remained
behind to guard the boats. when we reached land, those men had formed in three divisions to the
number of more than one thousand five hundred persons. When they saw us, they charged down upon
us with exceeding loud cries, two divisions on our flanks and the other on our front." - Antonio
Pigafetta's Account. According to Datu Zula, the chief of Mactan, Lapu-Lapu refused to obey the king of
Spain. Lapu-Lapu did not want to pay Magellan and his men the goat that they were promised. Magellan
was not pleased since they went to Mactan to garner food for their expedition. Datu zula requested the
captain to defeat Lapu-Lapu. Magellan ordered three boats to be equipped with a matter of fifty or sixty
men and went against the place. April 28, 1521 Death of Magellan at midnight, sixty of Magellan’s men
set out armed with corselets and helmet. Magellan orders an attack but miscalculates. They found three
thousand or four thousand men who fought with such a good will and there happened the death of
Magellan. Relevance to Contemporary Times, He proved to our explorers and to the people today that
circumnavigating the world was possible. His circumnavigation proved that the world is round, He
discovered a strait that connected Atlantic and Pacific Ocean and called it Strait of Magellan. This book
aids the researchers and students of today in understanding the context of the Magellan expedition and
how the whole Europe-Philippines conflict commenced. Spaniards introduced Christianity to the
Filipinos