expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi

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The expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi was the 16th-century Spanish voyage that established the first permanent Spanish settlements in the Philippine Islands, initiating long-term colonial rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial expedition ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
maritime expedition ⓘ
chronology took place in the 16th century ⓘ
commander Miguel López de Legazpi ⓘ
conflictWith local Philippine polities ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
destination Cebu ⓘ
Manila ⓘ
Philippine Islands ⓘ
linked to: Philippines
endTime 1565 ⓘ
fleetSize 4 ships ⓘ
approximately 380 people ⓘ
followedBy Manila–Acapulco galleon trade ⓘ
Spanish colonization of the Philippines ⓘ
hasEffect integration of the Philippines into the Spanish Empire ⓘ
spread of Christianity in the Philippine Islands ⓘ
hasPart establishment of permanent Spanish settlement in Cebu ⓘ
subsequent transfer of Spanish base to Manila ⓘ
voyage from New Spain to the Philippine Islands ⓘ
languageOfRecord Spanish ⓘ
location Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
namedAfter Miguel López de Legazpi ⓘ
operator Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
participant Andrés de Urdaneta ⓘ
Augustinian friars ⓘ
linked to: Augustinians

Mexican crew members ⓘ
Miguel López de Legazpi ⓘ
Spanish soldiers ⓘ
partOf Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

Spanish expansion into the Pacific ⓘ
patron Philip II of Spain ⓘ
pointOfDeparture Navidad, New Spain ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
precededBy expeditions of Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ
expeditions of Ruy López de Villalobos ⓘ
purpose establish permanent Spanish settlement in the Philippine Islands ⓘ
expand Spanish colonial rule in the Pacific ⓘ
secure Spanish control over the spice trade routes in Asia ⓘ
religiousAspect Catholic missionary activity ⓘ
result beginning of long-term Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines ⓘ
establishment of first permanent Spanish settlement in the Philippines ⓘ
foundation of Spanish Manila ⓘ
significantPlace Cebu ⓘ
Leyte ⓘ
Manila ⓘ
Panay ⓘ
startTime 1564 ⓘ

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Spanish conquest of the Philippines → hasKeyPhase → expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi ⓘ
Datu of Mactan → opposedBy → Spanish expedition of 1521 ⓘ
linked to: expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi
Rajahnate of Cebu → endCause → Spanish conquest of Cebu ⓘ
linked to: expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi