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