Rise Of a Nation

           

             After Ferdinand Magellan successfully landed on the Philippine shores, Rajah Humabon welcomed him wholeheartedly. This was because Humabon was overwhelmed by the might of Magellan's canons and the goods brought by the Spanish ships. After Humabon was baptized to Christianity, he ordered his men and his fellow rajahs to yield to Magellan's power and be baptized as well. All but one refused to do so. Lapulapu, a king in the Island of Mactan, remained unfriendly to the newcomers. When Magellan was asked to attack Mactan and capture Lapulapu, the Spanish captain, immediately agreed and prepared his men to meet the hostile king. Armed with his advanced weapons and armored men were valiantly opposed by Lapulapu and his warriors. Magellan and most of his men were killed in the Battle at Mactan beach.
         

         This event took place on April 27, 1521, as recounted by Antonio Pigafetta, the Spanish expedition's chronicler. He was able to escape the battle between Lapulapu and his men and the Spanish soldiers. After the death of Magellan, the Spaniards retreated and hurriedly left the island.

          Later, some of the Spaniards who survived the battle were massacred by Rajah Humabon and his men after they found out that these  Spaniards raped some native woman in there island.

         
         The surviving crew of the expedition burned the ship Concepcion because only a few men were left to man the ship. They thought that if they would abandon it, the natives might use it to catch them. The ship Trinidad was captured by the Portuguese in the island of Tidore at the Moluccas. Captain Sebastian del Cano took over as commander of the ship Victoria with the remaining 17 crew members including Pigafetta. Only the ship Victoria made it back to Spain on September 6, 1522.