June 21st* — July 8th, 1521
[*date given in Laurence Bergereen; **contextual date based on next entry] [21 June: Victoria and Trinidad depart Palawan. They arrived at Brunei on the north-eastern… Read More »June 21st* — July 8th, 1521
[*date given in Laurence Bergereen; **contextual date based on next entry] [21 June: Victoria and Trinidad depart Palawan. They arrived at Brunei on the north-eastern… Read More »June 21st* — July 8th, 1521
[May: The remaining ships pass by Panilongon (approximately Negros). Days later, they reach Kipit (Labason, Zamboanga del Norte). Calanao, the rajah of Kipit, receives the… Read More »May 4th — June 20th, 1521
[At this time, the Concepción is abandoned. Only about 110 men still survive. João Carvalho was elected captain-general.] [The rest of the expedition immediately leave… Read More »2nd of May, 1521
[Massacre of Europeans in the island of Cebu, including Duarte Barbosa and twenty-five shipmates.] [Humabon’s men kill a number of the expedition’s members at a… Read More »1st of May, 1521
[Magellan and sixty of his men in three longboats attack Rajah Lapu Lapu and his forces on Mactan. They are driven back to the ships… Read More »27th of April, 1521
[Humabon receives a report that Lapulapu, a ruler of Mactan, refuses to recognize the King of Spain.] Viernes 26 de abril, Zula, uno de los… Read More »26th of April, 1521
[Magellan cures a sick elder, which leads to the burning of native idols.] [Juana, wife of Humabon, is charmed by the image of the Santo… Read More »15th-25th April 1521
[The Sultan Humabon is baptized (and renamed Don Carlos) by the flagship’s chaplain with all pomp and circumstance. Rajah Colambu is also baptized and named… Read More »14th of April, 1521
[A makeshift platform is readied at the consecrated site for the rite of baptism.] [82] On Saturday, as the captain had promised the king to… Read More »13th of April, 1521