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  2. Magellan expedition - Wikipedia

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    The expedition represented the first documented European contact with the Philippines. [1] Although the stated goals of Magellan's expedition were to find a passage through South America to the Moluccas and return to Spain laden with spices, at this point in the journey, Magellan seemed to acquire a zeal for converting the local tribes to ...

  3. History of the Philippines (1565–1898) - Wikipedia

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    The first documented European contact with the Philippines was made in 1521 by Ferdinand Magellan in his circumnavigation expedition, [1] during which he was killed in the Battle of Mactan. Forty-four years later, a Spanish expedition led by Miguel López de Legazpi left modern Mexico and began the Spanish conquest of the Philippines in the ...

  4. Exploration of the Pacific - Wikipedia

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    In 1521, a Spanish expedition led by the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan was the first recorded crossing of the Pacific Ocean, Magellan then naming it the "peaceful sea." Starting in 1565 with the voyage of Andres de Urdaneta , the Spanish controlled transpacific trade for 250 years; Manila galleons would cross from Mexico to the ...

  5. Ferdinand Magellan - Wikipedia

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    House in Sabrosa, Portugal.In the region, there is a belief that Magellan was born there. [9]Magellan was born in northern Portugal, possibly around 1480. [10] [note 1] His father, Pedro de Magalhães, was a minor member of Portuguese nobility [13] and mayor of the town.

  6. History of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The first Austronesians reached the Philippines at 3000–2200 BCE, settling the Batanes Islands and northern Luzon. From there, they rapidly spread downwards to the rest of the islands of the Philippines and Southeast Asia , as well as voyaging further east to reach the Northern Mariana Islands by around 1500 BCE.

  7. Philippine Sea - Wikipedia

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    The Philippine Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean east of the ... The first European to navigate the Philippine Sea was Ferdinand Magellan in ...

  8. Chronology of European exploration of Asia - Wikipedia

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    He then led a voyage into the Red Sea, the first ever made by a European fleet. 1513: Jorge Álvares is the first European to land in China at Tamão in the Zhujiang (Pearl River) estuary. 1516–1517: Rafael Perestrello, a cousin of Christopher Columbus, leads a small Portuguese trade mission to Canton (Guangzhou), then under the Ming Dynasty.

  9. European colonisation of Southeast Asia - Wikipedia

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    The first phase of European colonization of Southeast Asia took place throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. Where new European powers competing to gain monopoly over the spice trade, as this trade was very valuable to the Europeans due to high demand for various spices such as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.