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    Exercises On Examining Primary Sources

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    The document summarizes two points of view of the Battle of Mactan in 1521. From the Spanish point of view, Magellan agreed to help the Christian king Humabon defeat the rival chief Lapu-Lapu on Mactan Island. During the ensuing battle, Magellan was killed by an arrow through the leg and spear through the breast. From the native point of view, Datu Zula had allied with Magellan but he declined Magellan's demand to surrender, and on April 27th Magellan was killed by a poison arrow during the battle on Mactan Island.

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    Exercises On Examining Primary Sources

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    The document summarizes two points of view of the Battle of Mactan in 1521. From the Spanish point of view, Magellan agreed to help the Christian king Humabon defeat the rival chief Lapu-Lapu on Mactan Island. During the ensuing battle, Magellan was killed by an arrow through the leg and spear through the breast. From the native point of view, Datu Zula had allied with Magellan but he declined Magellan's demand to surrender, and on April 27th Magellan was killed by a poison arrow during the battle on Mactan Island.

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    The document summarizes two points of view of the Battle of Mactan in 1521. From the Spanish point of view, Magellan agreed to help the Christian king Humabon defeat the rival chief Lapu-Lapu on Mactan Island. During the ensuing battle, Magellan was killed by an arrow through the leg and spear through the breast. From the native point of view, Datu Zula had allied with Magellan but he declined Magellan's demand to surrender, and on April 27th Magellan was killed by a poison arrow during the battle on Mactan Island.

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    Exercises On Examining Primary Sources

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    The document summarizes two points of view of the Battle of Mactan in 1521. From the Spanish point of view, Magellan agreed to help the Christian king Humabon defeat the rival chief Lapu-Lapu on Mactan Island. During the ensuing battle, Magellan was killed by an arrow through the leg and spear through the breast. From the native point of view, Datu Zula had allied with Magellan but he declined Magellan's demand to surrender, and on April 27th Magellan was killed by a poison arrow during the battle on Mactan Island.

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    EXERCISES ON EXAMINING PRIMARY SOURCES

    A. BATTLE OF MACTAN

    POINT OF VIEW OF THE SPANIARDS

    Date Event
    April 26, 1521 Rajah Humabon and Datu Zula suggested
    Magellan to go to Mactan Island to kill rival
    chief Lapu-Lapu. Magellan agreed to the
    suggestion and began for battle.

    April 27, 1521 Death of Magellan. And now follows the


    great tragedy of the expedition. The datu of
    Cebu, or the “Christian
    king,” as Pigafetta called their new ally, was
    at war with the islanders of Mactán.
    Magellan, eager to assist one who
    had adopted the Christian faith, landed on
    Mactan with fifty men and in the battle that
    ensued was killed by
    an arrow through the leg and spear-thrust
    through the breast. So died the one who was
    unquestionably the
    greatest explorer and most daring adventurer
    of all time. “Thus,” says Pigafetta, “perished
    our guide, our light, and
    our support.” It was the crowning disaster of
    the expedition.
    POINT OF VIEW OF THE NATIVES

    Date Event

    April 26, 1521 Datu Zula was to create and ally with
    Magellan when Datu Zula offered two goats
    to the Spaniards. 60 men had accompanied by
    Humabon and other chiefs. Magellan had
    sailed to mactan at midnight reaching the
    island at dawn he then waited for daybreak to
    send a message to Lapu-Lapu to surrender to
    the Spaniards, however the natives declined
    this offer.

    April 27, 1521 Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was


    killed by a poison arrow during a skirmish on
    the island of Mactan in what is now the
    Philippines. Although Magellan himself was
    Portuguese, he was working for Spain, and
    hoped to claim the lucrative islands for the
    Spanish Empire.

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