Spanish Period in the Philippines

1521-1898

Early Voyages to Asia

Portugal was the first to send expeditions to the East. Prince Henry The Navigator Bartholomew Diaz discovered Cape of Good.

Other Geographical Discoveries

Vincente Pinzon Christopher discovered Brazil in Columbus 1500. discovered North America in 1492.

Amerigo Vespucci - was sent to explore what Columbus had found.

Nunez de Balboa - discovered the Pacific Ocean

Division of the World

PAPAL BULL

Lands to be discovered east of the imaginary line would belong to Portugal. Lands to be discovered west of the imaginary line would belong to Spain.

Treaty of Tordesillas
An imaginary line was drawn from north to south at a distance of 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands. LANDS TO BE DISCOVERED EAST OF THIS LINE WOULD BELONG TO PORTUGAL, and those ON THE WEST WOULD BELONG TO SPAIN.

If Spain ships discovered lands east of the demarcation line, the said lands should be turned over to Portugal, and lands discovered by Portuguese ships west of the line should be turned over to Spain.
No Portuguese ships shall be sent to lands belonging to Spain, and vice versa, for the purpose of trading with them.

The Magellan Expedition

Portuguese Went to Spain to offer his services to the Spanish King. King of Spain agreed to send an expedition to the Moluccas (then known as the Spice Islands)

 The expedition consisted of 5 ships:

Trinidad (the flagship) Concepcion Victoria Santiago San Antonio

March 17, 1521*, he sighted the mountains of Samar. March 18, 1521, Magellan ordered his men to land at Homonhon. He proceeded to Limasawa which was ruled by Raja Kulambu.

 March 31, 1521 Father Pedro de Valderama celebrated the first mass.
Magellan took possession of the islands in the name of King Charles and called them the Archipelago of St. Lazarus.

April 8, 1521 Magellan and his men entered the harbor of Cebu.
Raja Humabon was the Chieftain of Cebu. He was given the Christian name Carlos; his wife was given the Christian name Juana.

BATTLE OF MACTAN
Lapu-Lapus real name was Cali Pulacu. He refused to accept the new political system and tribute

 2 ships left: TRINIDAD and VICTORIA.

The Victoria returned to Europe by way of Africa. The Trinidad returned to Europe by way of the Pacific.

Trinidad was captured by the Portuguese

Victoria, commanded by Sebastian del Cano, succeeded in reaching Spain.

FAILED EXPEDITIONS
Loaysa Expedition of 1525-1526 commanded by Father Juan Garcia Jofre de Loaysa Cabot expedition of 1526-1530 commanded by Sebastian Cabot Sayavedra expedition of 1527-1628 commanded by Alvaro de Sayavedra which reached Mindanao but did not succeed in settling in any of the islands

Ruy Lopez de Villalobos Expedition

In 1542, another expedition was sent. Commanded by Ruy Lopez de Villalobos.
In 1543, he reached Mindanao. He and his men faced starvation. He named the islands of Samar and Leyte Felipinas (Las Islas Filipinas) in honor of Prince Philip of Spain (became King Philip II)

Miguel Lopez de Legazpi Expedition

Reached the Cebu in February 1565. Sailed to Cibabao (Leyte) then to Samar. Sailed to Camiguin Island then to Butuan and then to Bohol where he entered into a blood compact with Datu Si Katuna and Si Gala. Went back to Cebu where he established the first Spanish settlement.

 In 1569, on the banks of the Panay River, he founded the second Spanish settlement in the Philippines.