expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi

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Spanish colonial expedition historical event maritime expedition

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Spanish expedition of 1521	1
expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish colonial expedition ⓘ historical event ⓘ maritime expedition ⓘ
chronology	took place in the 16th century ⓘ
commander	Miguel López de Legazpi NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictWith	local Philippine polities ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Spain ⓘ
destination	Cebu NERFINISHED ⓘ Manila NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1565 ⓘ
fleetSize	4 ships ⓘ approximately 380 people ⓘ
followedBy	Manila–Acapulco galleon trade NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish colonization of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Miguel López de Legazpi NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	Spanish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
participant	Andrés de Urdaneta NERFINISHED ⓘ Augustinian friars NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexican crew members ⓘ Miguel López de Legazpi NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish soldiers ⓘ
partOf	Age of Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish expansion into the Pacific ⓘ
patron	Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
pointOfDeparture	Navidad, New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	expeditions of Ferdinand Magellan NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Leyte NERFINISHED ⓘ Manila NERFINISHED ⓘ Panay NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1564 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish conquest of the Philippines → hasKeyPhase → expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi ⓘ

Datu of Mactan → opposedBy → expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish expedition of 1521