The coming

of the
Spaniards

European
Exploration

Navigation

Astrolabe,
Compass and
Map

If you were to navigate

today what could be the
equivalent of these
materials?

Prince Henry
the
Navigator

Trade Mediterranean
Sea

Controlled by the Seljuk

Turks
Europeans decided to have
direct trade with the Asians
Spices, silk, tea, porcelain,

Marco Polo
A Venetian merchant
traveler whose travels
are recorded in a book
which did much to
introduce Europeans to
Asia
The book triggered
European interest in
Asia

European Goals
God, Gold and Glory

Well Known and Important

European Navigators
Ferdiand Magellan (Portuguese)
Bartholomew Diaz (Portuguese)
Vasco Da Gama (Portuguese)
Christopher Columbus (Italian)
Amerigo Vespucci (Italian)

Ferdinand Magellan
A Portuguese who planned to
travel to travel to the east
through the route from the west.
His plan was rejected by King
Emanuel of Portugal so he
suggested it to King Carlos of
Spain

He landed in
Homonhon near
the Gulf of Leyte
on March 17,
1521.

Victoria
the sole ship of Magellan's
fleet to complete the
circumnavigation
included men from several
nations: including
Portuguese,
Spanish,Italians, Germans,
Flemish, Greeks, English
and French

A brief recall about

Philippine History
during the age of
exploration

April 8, 1521Spaniards went to Cebu

and befriended
Rajah Humabon
They had blood compact
About 800 Cebuanos
were baptized as
Christians including
Humabon and His wife
(Juana)

Lapu-Lapu (Kalipulaku)
resisted Spanish rule and a
battle ensued. During the
battle, most of the spaniards
retreated to their ships.
Magellan who was wearing a
body armor stayed last as he
was confident that the metal
armor would protect him
from spears.
One of the native filipinos
hitted Magellan at the foot
and the mass of spearcarrying filipinos killed
conquistador Magellan.

Miguel Lopez de
Legaspi

Sent by King Felipe of

Spain
Reached Cebu on
February 13, 1565

Forced to move to
Leyte and
befriended Datu
Kamutahon and
Datu Bangkaw in
Limasawa

March 16, 1565

in Bohol

Blood Compact
between Rajah
Sikatuna and
Legazpi
The Blood
Compact/ Sandugo
(El Pacto de
Sangre)
By: Juan Luna

Establishment of the
Spanish Colony

Intramuros, Walled City

Ciudad Murada

 The Spanish maestrode-campo who directed

the Spanish conquest
of Manila in 1570

De Goiti and Rajah Sulayman

Martin de Goiti headed

the exploration in
Central Luzon

Juan de Salcedo was

chosen to conquer
Southern Philippines,

Reasons why the Spaniards easily

conquered the Philippines

Disunity among the Filipinos. Natives lived in

different groups and leaders, the Spaniards
took advantage of the situation.
Legazpi was an effective leader. He was able
to win the peoples friendship and trust by his
generosity and wisdom.
Military forces and discipline of the Spaniards
were better.
The religion was effectively spread in different
parts of the country.

Trivias and other

important Facts

Magellans Voyage is now

considered as the greatest
maritime exploit of mankind.
The course of history was greatly
affected by his voyage:
He proved that the world is round
(oblate spheroid)
Intensified mans knowledge on
geography
Spain emerged as the supreme
power and it paved the way to the
spread of Christianity all over the
world.

Ruy Lpez de Villalobos

4th exploration after Magellan
(1542)
Arrived in the archipelago
before Legazpis navigation
Reached Mindanao but failed
to colonize, he called the
island Cesarea Caroli in
honor of King Chrales1
Named the archipelago Islas
Filipinas in honor of King
Phillip II

Miguel Lpez de Legazpi

Stayed 7 years in the Philippines
Known as one of the greatest
colonial pioneers of all time
He died in Manila on August
20,1572 because of heart attack

In this building, the

Spaniards administered the
whole Philippine Archipelago

Individual Task:
Research about the 1493
Demarcation mandated by Pope
Alexander the 6th

Bartholomew Diaz
Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias led the first
European expedition round the Cape of Good Hope in
1488.
Born in 1450, Bartolomeu Dias was sent by
Portuguese King John II to explore the coast of Africa
and find a way to the Indian Ocean. Dias departed
circa August 1487, rounding the southernmost tip of
Africa in January, 1488. The Portuguese (possibly
Dias himself) named this point of land the Cape of
Good Hope. Dias was lost at sea during another
expedition around the Cape in 1500.

Bartholomew Diaz
Expedition Around South Africa
In early January 1488, as Dias' two ships
sailed off the coast of South Africa, storms
blew them away from the coast. Dias is
thought to have ordered a turn to the south
of about 28 degrees, probably because he
had prior knowledge of southeasterly winds
that would take him around the tip of Africa
and keep his ships from being dashed on
the notoriously rocky shoreline.
Dias' decision was risky, but it worked. The
crew spotted landfall on February 3, 1488,
about 300 miles east of present-day Cape
of Good Hope. They found a bay they
called So Bras (present-day Mossel Bay)
and the much warmer waters of the Indian
Ocean.

Bartholomew Diaz
Advisor to Vasco da Gama
Dias sailed with the da Gama expedition as far
as the Cape Verde Islands, then returned to
Guinea. Da Gama's ships reached their goal of
India in May 1498, nearly a decade after Dias'
historic trip around the tip of Africa.
Afterward, Manuel sent out a massive fleet to
India under Pedro lvares Cabral (c. 1467-c.
1520), and Dias captained four of the ships.
They reached Brazil in March 1500, then
headed across the Atlantic toward South Africa
and, further ahead, the Indian subcontinent. At
the feared Cabo das Tormentas, storms struck
the fleet of 13 ships. In May 1500, four of the
ships were wrecked, including Dias', with all
crew lost at sea.

Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama was the first person to sail
directly from Europe to India.
Explorer Vasco da Gama was born in Sines,
Portugal, around 1460. In 1497, he was
commissioned by the Portuguese king to find a
maritime route to the East. His success in
doing so proved to be one of the more
instrumental moments in the history of
navigation. He subsequently made two other
voyages to India, and was appointed as
Portuguese viceroy in India in 1524.
Known as a tough and fearless navigator, da
Gama solidified his reputation as a reputable
sailor when, in 1492, King John II of Portugal
dispatched him to the south of Lisbon and then
to the Algarve region of the country, to seize
French ships as an act of vengeance against
the French government for disrupting
Portuguese shipping.

Vasco da Gama
First Voyage

In 1487, an important breakthrough was made

when Bartolomeu Dias discovered the
southern tip of Africa and rounded the Cape of
Good Hope. This journey was significant; it
proved, for the first time, that the Atlantic and
Indian oceans were connected. The trip, in
turn, sparked a renewed interest in seeking out
a trade route to India.
Da Gama's timing could not have been worse;
his departure coincided with the start of a
monsoon. By early 1499, several
crewmembers had died of scurvy and in an
effort to economize his fleet, da Gama ordered
one of his ships to be burned. The first ship in
the fleet didn't reach Portugal until July 10,
nearly a full year after they'd left India.
In all, da Gama's first journey covered nearly
24,000 miles in close to two years, and only 54
of the crew's original 170 members survived.

Vasco da Gama
Second Voyage

When da Gama returned to Lisbon, he was greeted

as a hero. In an effort to secure the trade route with
India and usurp Muslim traders, Portugal dispatched
another team of vessels, headed by Pedro lvares
Cabral. The crew reached India in just six months,
and the voyage included a firefight with Muslim
merchants, where Cabral's crew killed 600 men on
Muslim cargo vessels. More important for his home
country, Cabral established the first Portuguese
trading post in India.
Da Gama's timing could not have been worse; his
departure coincided with the start of a monsoon. By
early 1499, several crewmembers had died of
scurvy and in an effort to economize his fleet, da
Gama ordered one of his ships to be burned. The
first ship in the fleet didn't reach Portugal until July
10, nearly a full year after they'd left India.
In all, da Gama's first journey covered nearly 24,000
miles in close to two years, and only 54 of the crew's
original 170 members survived.

Christopher Columbus