Person
Lapulapu
Also called: Lapu-Lapu
Chief of Mactan who defeated Magellan in 1521; honoured in the Philippines as the first hero to resist foreign rule
Where they went
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Lapulapu, chief of Mactan in the Philippines, repelled Magellan, who had come demanding baptism and submission. Magellan was killed in the fight.
People who appear alongside
- Ferdinand Magellan1480 – 1521
Portuguese-born navigator who, sponsored by Spain, sailed west for the Spice Islands and was killed on Mactan in the Philippines in 1521
Themes this person appears in
- The Age of Discovery1415 – 1600
From Ceuta to the Manila galleons — two centuries in which European ships crossed the oceans and bound the world together by sea