Colonization of the

Philippines
Colonization of the Philippines
started when the two powerful countries Portugal and spain had a cold
rivalry in conquering land to expand their empire
and to look for spices as one of the most valuable goods which is equivalent
to gold. TO pacify the situation,the pope in vatican,
pope alexander VI mediated between the two avoid further conflict(Portugal
and spain are both catholic nations).
The pope issued a papal bull in may 4,1493 to imaginarily divide the world
into two . A line about 555.6 kilometers westward of the azores belonged in
spain and the eastward was for Portugal. They called it base-calvero but in
June 7,1494 they settled another agreement known as treaty of Tordisillas
 Who is Fernidad Magellan?
He was born in Portugal in 1480. His parents were both members of mobility. Alive
the death of his parents, he studied in London and finished his schooling on
geography, astronomy, and celestial navigation.
In 1517, he decided to move to spain to look for an opportunity to offer his service
to the Spanish court. Timely enough, through the treaty of Tordesillas, King Charles
1(later, it became King Charles V) of spain was convinced about the proposed route
plan of Magellan, in looking for the spice island and gave his blessing for a voyage
under the crown of spain.
 After the success of the voyage, the
king granted Magellan the following
1.Monopoly of the discovered route for a period for a period of
ten years.
2.Their appointment as governors of the lands and island found,
with 5% of the resulting net gains
3.A fifth of the gains of the travel
4.The right levy one thousand ducats on upcoming trips, paying
only 5% on the remainder.
5.Granting of an islands, apart from the six richest, from which
they would receive a fifteenth.
The Magellan Fleet
• 1. The Flagship Trinidad - (110 tons, crew 55),under Magellan
command
• 2. San Antonio - (120 tons, crew 60)commanded by Juan de Cartagena
• 3.Concepcion - (90 tons, crew 45) commanded by Gaspar de Quesada
• 4.Santiago - (75 tons, crew 32) commanded by joao Serrao
• 5. Victoria - (85 tons, crew 43), named after the church of Santa Maria
de la Victoria deTriana,where Magellan took an oath of allegiance to
Charles V; commanded by Luis Mendoza.
Discovery of the Philippines Archipelago
On august 10,1519 when Fernidad Magellan departed from spain, Antonio
pigafetta, a venetian scholar and traveler, asked to be on the voyage,
accepting the title of "supernumerary" and a modest salary.
on march 16,1521 they reached the island of homonhon at the eastern part
of the province of Samar. They landed there to gather foods and also to
refresh the crew after their long voyage from the pacific ocean. The island
was inhabited
that time but rajah Kulambo of limasawa island on the southern part of the
province saw their arrival. Through Enrique the naive servant from
Malacca, Magellan communicated to rajah kulambo and later they became
friend through a blood compact.
 Who is Rajah
Humabon?
The diary of Antonio Pigafetta mentioned about rajah humabon.He was considered as the wisest and
bravest man in the island of sugbo(Cebu).Under him were eight chieftains of barangays and he served
as their supreme ruler. Fernidad
Magellan ship landed adjacent the royal residence (near the shore line of sugbo).The leaders met face
to face. Pigafetta describe Rajah Humabon as short fat, and brown skinned, with broad face having
high cheekbones and flat nose, lots tattoos in his arms
with purple and red symmetrical pattern that stretched to his chest. He wore a yellow silk turban,a
scarf embroidered with a needle about his head, and clothing. Necklace of large pearls hung from his
neck, two large gold earrings with precious gem decorated his ears, and gold rings fixed his thick
fingers.
Aside from the spice island, other mission of Magellan expedition were to circumnavigate the
earth and to spread Christianity. When they entered to archipelago in 1521 their priority was
to Christianize all the early Filipinos they would meet. And Rajah Humabon was the first
chieftain who embraced Christianity.
On April 14, 1521, Rajah Humabon along with his wife and others were baptized by Father
Valderama .He was named Carlos in honor of King Charles 1 of spain and humabon wife was
named Juana after King mother name Johanna. As a gift from Magellan, Juana received the
image of infant Jesus (now known as the sto.Nino de Cebu) and the large cross erected in the
historical baptismal site(known as the Magellan Cross in Cebu).
Who is Lapu-Lapu?
Lapu lapu was born in 1491 but nobody can determine the exact date. He lived in Mactan and
later became their chief. As a leader he helped his people to become independent and led them
to fight against those who would like to invade their place. A poet from the 17 th century called
Lapu-Lapu as Cali Pulaco but in the account of Antonio pigafetta it was cilapulapu. There is no
official description of how lapu lapu looked like because even pigafetta was not able so have a
chance to see the Mactan hero face to face because during the battle, Antonio Pigafetta was on
board the ship which was anchored 200-300 meters from the shore line of Mactan. The ship
could not go near because that time, there was low tide. The European leader was killed in
Mactan battle and the victory was attributed in lapu lapu the first Pilipino to resist foreign
invaders.
What happened after the battle of
Mactan
After the battle in April 28, 1521, when the native chieftain named lapu lapu defeated Magellan in Mactan,
Rajah Humabon lost faith in the Spaniards and turned into a punisher the first Filipino to avenge the honor
of women . He devised a plan to kill all the Spaniards who remained on the island to revenge the rape of
their women during the entire stay of the Eropean.The rajah invited the Spaniards to a feast through the
collaboration of Enrique who had a personal grudge to Barbosa for the way he treated,uncaringly. The new
fleet commanders Juan Serrano and Duarte Barbosa with some other Spaniards went to the invitation even
though they felt a little suspicious and scared during this time. Location of the feast after the Rajah Humabon
gave the signal his men immediately came out and attacked serrano,borbosa and their men with bolos and
spears. All of the Spaniards were killed except serrano even though he was seriously wounded he still
managed to run and reach the shore. From the distance the crew of their ships spotted him, but
unfortunately they got afraid to rescue him so they decided to leave serrano die. Once again, they elected
another captain of their ships to replace the two dead leaders. The three ships (Trinidad,Concepcion and
Victoria) had a problem because they were lacking crew for their remaining ships so they decided to
abandon and burn the smaller ship which was the Concepcion and divided the crew for he Trinidad under
Gonzalo Gomez de Espinosa as the captain and Victoria under the command of Juan Sebastian EL Cano. On
September 7, 1522, the ship Victoria reached its port of san servile, spain; it was the first ship that
circumnavigated the world, while the captain Juan Sebastian Elcano was awarded a coat of arms by Charles 1
of spain, featuring a globe with the motto; Primus Circumdediti me(in Latin, "You went around me first”),
and a lifetime annual pension.