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Ferdinand Magellan’s Death

Ferdinand Magellan’s Death

Location: Liberty Shrine, Punta Engaño Road, Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II – Historical marker

Marker date: 1941

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

FERDINAND MAGELLAN’S DEATH

ON THIS SPOT FERDINAND MAGELLAN DIED ON APRIL 27, 1521, WOUNDED IN AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE SOLDIERS OF LAPULAPU, CHIEF OF MACTAN ISLAND. ONE OF MAGELLAN’S SHIPS, THE VICTORIA, UNDER THE COMMAND OF JUAN SEBASTIAN ELCANO, SAILED FROM CEBU ON MAY 1, 1521, AND ANCHORED AT SAN LUCAR DE BARRAMEDA ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1522, THUS COMPLETING THE FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE EARTH.

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