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Homonhon Island off Eastern Samar was the first Philippine island spotted by Ferdinand Magellan in his voyage to the east.

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What year did Ferdinand Magellan land in the Philippines?

On 16 March 1521, they caught sight of the island of Samar. This was Magellan's discovery of the Philippines for Spain. The date of Magellan's arrival on the Philippine shores has since been changed to 17 March 1521 to coincide with Magellan's crossing of the International Date Line on the Pacific.


Who was the first European to reach the Philippines?

Ferdinand Magellan


What did ferdinand magellan do at the philippines?

He was the first European to find them and was killed there.


Where and when did Ferdinand Magellan die?

Ferdinand Magellan died on April 27, 1521 in Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines.


Who is first discovered the Philippines?

ferdinand marcos emilio aquinaldo Ferdinand Magellan Christopher Columbus


What explorer died on his first trip to the new world?

Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives on an island in the Philippines, while on his first voyage to explore the new world.


Who found the Philippines?

Ferdinand Magellan is credited with leading the first circumnavigation of the globe and claiming the Philippines for Spain in 1521.


Who was the Portuguese sailor who was killed in Philippines while leading the first expedition to sail around the world?

Ferdinand Magellan


First person to circumnavigate the world?

Ferdinand Magellan's slave, Enrique. Enrique was brought to Europe from the Philippines and became Magellan's slave. he went on the voyage around the world with them, and when Magellan died in the Philippines after going around South America, Enrique jumped ship and swam to an island in the Philippines, roughly the same place he lived before he was a slave. However, people think that Magellan was the first, even though he died before they made it, because he led the voyage.


What was Ferdinand Magellan first name?

Ferdinand Magellan


Who was the first spanish in Philippines?

It was actually Miguel Lopez De Legazpi for Ferdinand Magellan was a Portugese.


Who first circumnavigated the globe?

Ferdinand Magellan