@@daniel3231995 I believe there's a historical reenactment that's done on the site where the Battle of Mactan took place. It's usually preformed on the day it happened.
Kaiser Gidorah ya they should celebrate the day they backstabbed a trading partner sending a message of non negotiable primitives back to Spain that obviously enslaved them! sounds like your a genius!!!💩
"...their women would not have communication with them." The word communication here does not mean talking. It is being used in the same way as the word "intercourse" often is - as a literary euphemism.
@@adrianirimescu988 Almond milk is delicious. The right brand anyway... Some taste way too much like almonds. If it says this only has 5 ingredients on the label; or similar; that's the good stuff.
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That probably doesn't exist though since the Russians never "discovered" Siberia. It always existed on the other side of the Urals and they had some (at least) vauge notion of the people existing there.
@@DesignatedMemberThis is not quite accurate, Russians might have been vaguely aware of the existence of other tribes east of the Urals, but they certainly started conquering beginning around 1580 with Yermak. The process of conquest was quite fast, in less than a century they have reached the Pacific Ocean. A lot of these conquerors were illiterate Cossacks so I'm not sure there are a lot of first-person accounts of first encounters with native Siberians.
One of the earliest European businesses to open up in the Philippines, in the 17th century, was a wine shop where you brought your own wine bottle to fill up, called "Fil-a-Pinot."
If you've never seen a huge piercing through someone's junk - it would surprise you too. Like... Do they do this to babies?? He must find out - and he did. No wonder their women liked the Europeans more.. lol
@N e g r i t o [tenfold] lol, don't be so offended.. It was a joke. They had never seen men that were taller with broader bodies and exotic ways about them. Probably never saw a man outside of their village except on occassion and from traders, let alone men with completely different variations of their genome. It's human nature to be attracted to those who don't share your geneology. It was a joke on them thinking their women wouldn't have sex with them unless they pierced their penises, but they didn't actually know if that was true or not because they all had the piercings from birth.
Just add "Philippines " on any titles and you will summon forth legions of filipinos Bombarding you with comments of how proud they are of their nationality and appreciate you for featuring our country.
This is brilliant! Loved hearing about the heroism of our ancestors especially the little details and ceremonies of everyday lives of the people back then. I've read Pigafetta's writings myself but would love to hear more from you. Perhaps the baptism of Rajah Humabon King of Cebu, which is a significant event. It would also be great to hear about the elaborate tattoos that are associated with ancient Visayans and also the wealth of gold jewelry that astonished the Spaniards.
Yeah and how about that genital mutilation imposed on the men by the ever so sweet and loving Filipino ladies, which the men had to do if they wanted to get any sex, only for the ladies to go off cavorting with the foreign men without any such requirements. Its almost like life hasnt really changed that much even after 500 years lol
@@hailheaven4372 no meaningful wealth? And yet even now foreigners are still digging golds in the Philippines because ph have a lot and also rice, oil and beautiful islands with pearls. That's why many countries invaded PH and still want to invade Ph.
@ The philippines were invaded by muslims and hindu's before though none succeeded conquering the whole of the islands. After the spanish conquest the archipelago we know now was named the philippines and was later occupied by the US and Japan. The philippines nowadays consist of the entire archipelago & are a politically independent country a feat that took a very long time. The filipinos are an admirable people historically they have been occupied by foreigners but kept their pride i wish the best for them.
I'm a Filipino that only subscribed when I watched the Aztec Perspective, then I thought would "they be interested in making one about the Philippines?". Then I said maybe it wouldn't be in consideration as not many are interested in our pre-colonial past. But here it is.
I love you for having a sponsor that is perectly related to your channel's content, right down to the name. However, I would actually love to hear you say "this video is sponsored by raid: shadow legends"
The Philippines was supposed to be incorporated in the waning days of the Cholan Empire that controlled southern India, Sri Lanka, parts of the Malay Peninsula and parts of Indonesia. Many expeditions were sent but they all failed, such as the expedition by the first chief of Cebu, Sri Lumay, who is a minor prince that then controlled the island of Sumatra, rebelled against the Cholan Empire and established his own rajhanate instead on the island of Cebu. His family controlled the island till its last rajah died, rajah tupas - with a lineage that goes back to Sri Lumay. We have deep ties with our neighbors, we were literally smack dab in the middle of everything else.
I'm glad that you've covered the accounts of European contact with the Filipinos as there aren't as many written records regarding Pre-Colonial Filipino society as our history was mostly told orally or written on bamboo, though, they don't preserve well and some might have been destroyed by the Spaniards. I've also managed to find some interesting sources on Pre-Colonial life such as the use of gunpowder by the Filipinos, though, not in a huge amount as not many kingdoms had possessed them. According to one source I've read online from a book called The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, a chronicler states " All of their arms, for both sea and land, are fire-bombs. They have quantities of gunpowder, in the shape of loaves. Their artillery, although not large is poor. They have also, and quite commonly poor, culverins and arquebuses so that they depend mainly on their lances. I am informed that they do not fear the arquebuses very much, because they themselves are so poor shot with them, and are amazed at seeing a hen or pigeon killed with an arquebuse shot. They fear lances more than other weapons. " And another that states "Since they have seen the Spaniards use their weapons, many of the natives handle the arquebuses and muskets quite skilfully. Before the arrival of the Spaniards, they had bronze culverins and other pieces of cast iron, with which they defended their forts and settlements, although their powder is not so well refined as that of the Spaniards." The culverins that the European explorers were referring to would most likely be a Lantaka, which was a small cannon that was used throughout Maritime Southeast Asia that could be mounted on boats and forts.
Sword_Saint -Kusanagi isn't 15th century post european contact? doesn't correlate with your point of pre-colonial gunpowder, more like they learned how to make gunpowder from the Europeans 😉
Buteos I forgot to mention that this account was from a European explorer shortly after the colonization of the Philippines in 1565 by Miguèl Lopez De Legazpi. I’ve also read from another site that some of the cannon makers were originally from the Majapahit Empire & moved to different parts of Maritime Southeast Asia, such as the Philippines, to continue their work as the Majapahit Empire was dissolving & their need for black powder weaponry wasn’t in high demand. I’m not quite sure why the author of the book that I’ve read put in 1493 on the book’s title.
Interesting. I wonder how many facets of the story exist, considering Taoists in what is today China had invented Gunpowder in the 900s (according to mainstream western Academia). How much commerce existed with the Tang dynasty, and intermingling... WHere does the Philippines stand in the "Chinese" records? Or even Indian or Vedic for that matter...
@manlypedro75 I'm not quite sure when lowland Filipinos had acquired gunpowder or whether or not they got it from the Chinese or Malays. Our pre-colonial history can be difficult to understand as there aren't a lot of sources that cover a variety of topics, such as the one I've just mentioned. Legazpi did mention a Chinese arquebus he found on a Chinese junk docked in the Philippines during its colonization, but I highly doubt that it was used by the natives. It could be around the 16th century when the Majapahit Empire was nearing its end, but this is just my guess. I can't know for sure.
Would love to see the letter of Pero Vaz de Caminha to the King of Portugal upon landfall in Brazil. It's a beautiful and genuine account of an encounter between different worlds.
our ancestors were too hospitable and too generous, that portuguese magellan and those spaniards robbed them off of all their gold, to the extent of digging up the graves of our departed to amass more gold... yes, these european looters @ their best... so glad they missed machu picchu in peru, otherwise, they would have burned it down too...
@@pinacolada111 The fact that you mention Magellan (among other things) shows that you know quite little about History and Historiography. You should read a bit more and watch more documentaries.
@@kevinferreira270 do not turn your ignorance on this subject on me, i bet you do not know that magellan only used the spices reasons for navigation, but he was really looking for the biblical land Ophir, as inspired by columbus... btw, are you spaniard? did you know that your leaders cannot really be proud of your museums as they contain artifacts and riches that were mostly from other civilizations that your barbaric looter ancestors stole from...
@@pinacolada111 First, what does Magellan have to do with Brazil? Because that's what the comment you replied to is about. Wow. Second, no I'm not a Spaniard. I'll ignore the rest of the comment.
Especially after being harrassed by the natives of the land they first saw in months. They made landfall in the island of Guam, where they were immediately robbed. Imagine sailing on a cramped ship, just surviving the harrowing journey that was the atlantic and south america, and expecting for the trip to last 3-4 days that lasted months, just to get robbed in the first bit of land you reached. Landing on Limasawa island with friendly locals must have been heaven for them.
@@mosesracal6758 the illustration at 4:05 with the galleon and natives on boats around it is actually the legit 1590 illustration from first page of boxer codex of guamanian chamorros trying to approach the galleon to eventually rob them
@@mosesracal6758 that's cultural misunderstanding, chamorro people didn't robbed them. These Europeans asked for food and supplies, while the Chamorros gave it to them. In Chamorro peoples mind, these people are there to trade, since they gave the Spaniards their resources, they expected that Spaniards will give them something in return. They went inside their ships and found the supplies of these white people (thinking it is theirs due to the resources they gave) they get them and bring them as their own. To Spanish surprise, they taught they were stealing so after that they burn these people houses.
Full of joy, proud of their own culture while embracing others, friendly to strangers, love fish, rice, coconuts & bread, focussed on food & long meals with friends and family and love to drink alcohol... as a non Filipino I can say that it seems not much has changed 😂
Well, those Spanish marauders brought/introduced to the locals their own brand of profanities and vulgar language which are still being widely used by most of the irreverent parts of the population, including the false religion of King Philip.
Don't be sooo overjoyed, they were prostitutes and they receive any strangers like that. At that time, not having a tattoo is not glamorous. And the europeans do not have tattoos. In another account, some crew have rape some women, that why they were massacred in a banquet. Infact the king of Spain sent a letter of apology in another expedition but it didn't reach the island. This kind of thing we're rated XXX in those days and you don't easily find them in history books now.
I agree with the other comment here... they were prostitutes, it was also mentioned that the prince also guided the explorers to a hut with naked dancing women.
Chief Lapu-Lapu, the leader of the Island of Mactan where Magellan died actually have a vast and rich history. He was originally a pirate and a prince from Borneo and got adopted by the "Christian King" of Cebu. The reason why they were fighting was that because Lapu-Lapu kept his life as a pirate disrupting peace in the region. Hence the name Mactan, from the Bisaya word Mangangatang meaning bandits. Edit: I should point out what I meant with Christian King of Cebu is the conversion of Rajah Humabon to Christianity and adopting a Christian Name. This was all ceremonial howver as it was only used to get Magellan to trust Rajah Humabon and let him attack Lapu-Lapu
Thank you! There’s this misconception perpetuated by the educational system that Lapu-Lapu was a Philippine hero, when that couldn’t be any further from the truth. edit: I meant to say Lapu-Lapu, not Magellan
@James Pelobello Lmao wtf is that reasoning. Simply hearing it from a history professor from your subjectively judged prestigious university won't make something a fact. You're so proud of these "facts" yet all you have are claims, faulty reasoning and absolutely zero evidence
@@justinnamuco9096 stfu! The average Filipino like yourself will never question anything. You simply accept anything teachers amd society tell you in the classrooms, in your neighborhoods and society. You put tradition and propaganda above anything else no matter how wrong it is and it's no surprise why the Philippines is like it is today - stagnant, unable to progress and full of corruption endemic in all aspects of society - simply because you can never think foe yourself.
I just wanna say I love all of your videos and find them very inspiring ! Especially from loving ancient history ! Hearing stories in this manner is unique and very uplifting!
That "jet black bird" may be referred to a crow or in the local language is "uwak". We Filipinos even on these modern times can get superstitious and a crow in a sight suggests a premonition; the bird species is often associated with myths and urban legends depending on which region and province and town and municipality and city you live but a common belief is that a crow is somewhat linked either with a "Sigbin", a shapeshifter or a "Tiktik", a darkly winged sometimes having resemblance to a human, both are creatures of Philippine mythology and are often subjects to local folklores and the reason why the ancient natives won't tell anything is because they are overshadowed by fear of mentioning these creatures and by doing so, they are expected to receive bad luck or a "visit" from these monsters.
Living in the Philippines for 6+ years and being a student of history, I enjoy these accounts but also understand those writing history often have their own agenda to promote.
Do you think a man, a soldier for the matter, writting in scarse paper and ink have time nor will to drive any kind of agenda? Or is it more your twisted today's vision carried over to historical events that prevents you from seeing history as it is, with its historical context attached? I'd say a soldier notes is WAY more believeable than a court "historian" or a "philosopher" who has the education and spare time to let the imagination go and has certainly the imminent interest of mantaining his position of nobility by getting his nose brown to the ruler on duty.
Voices of the Past, you can also discuss the Song Dynasty account of the precolonial Philippine Kingdom of Ma-I (Mait/Bai in Filipino) recorded in Chu Fan Chi (1225 CE) by Chau Ju Kua.
I'm always listening to this while my eyes closed and in my mind there is a scene of old Philippines my ancestor when my country is not yet influenced by the western. I'm kinda happy or may be it's a pride that back then we had our own Identity culture writing and language. Not the lie that Spaniard told us, they said we are Savage and ignorant people before they came. Just like what they did to Inca and Mayan civilition they want to vanished it from the mind of the people they conquered. But the hearts doesn't forget.
@@iamachinesepetwholies5476 -most probably the case. This “black bird” that came out at night that was labeled “a crow” by Pigafetta. As an earlier post said that the natives called it “aswang” or “asuwang” a local myth of the vampire that comes out at night seeking to suck the blood out of mammals and sleeping humans. Vampire bats are nocturnal, are black furred and hellish-looking and flew like birds. They were probably attracted to the smell of a human corpse.
An interesting group of Luzon is the Igorot (Tagalog for "mountain people", who are actually several different groups), who remained independent of the Spanish for more than 300 years. Another major group of Luzon is the Ilocano. Anyone who is interested in first-hand accounts of the Philippines ought to check out the Philippine Diary Project, philippinediaryproject.com/. It's an ongoing project, so what you don't find today may be found tomorrow.
If you like Nick Joaquin check out F. Sionil Jose's books. His 5-novel Rosales saga is excellent, as are his other books. Jose also owns the Solidaridad bookshop in Ermita, which is the nation's top bookshop for Filipino literature.
From one source I've read, Tagalogs did do overseas trade in Maritime Southeast Asia, such as the Malaysian Sultanate of Malacca, and even did mercenary activity, especially in Mainland Southeast Asia, where both Burmese & Siamese used them in the first Burmese-Siamese war that started in 1547-1549.
Number one rule, you don't go to places and claim that it is someone else's, that's a dick move, of course you're gonna get in trouble, that's what you get for throwing your nut sack unto exploitation. Only to be killed by tribals.
For anyone interested in this subject check out “Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe” by Laurence Bergreen It’s so well written, honestly can’t recommend it highly enough
LOL, those were prostitutes, it was also mentioned that the prince also guided the explorers to a hut with naked dancing women... but somehow, Voices of the Past uploaded an incomplete version of the accounts... some of the images that he used were also wrong.
This book is the description of the first travel around the world written by Antonio Pigaffeta who did the travel with Magallanes. I fully recommend that book its very interesting and its not too long. About 120 pages.
Cebuano here thanks for this rare record, we barely even learn about this in our setting! Invaluable. EDIT: Found out pigafetta is italian,how did he end up in a spanish expedition?
I also enjoyed this video! I work for a company that will be setting up an office in Cebu soon, I hope that you guys are having a good time over there with Coronavirus, I will probably be visiting soon!
our ancestors were too hospitable and too generous, that portuguese magellan and those spaniards robbed them off of all their gold, to the extent of digging up the graves of our departed to amass more gold... yes, these european looters @ their best... so glad they missed machu picchu in peru, otherwise, they would have burned it down too...
@@noah_hill that is only 1 part of our land... the tagalogs and other locals from other parts of luzon, visayas and mindanao wore decent silk clothes as a result of their trading with the chinese... you are not too bright and just open your mouth to something you have no full knowledge of... read more about the BOXER CODEX, it will help you a lot more on the subject and will not look ignorant here...
So far, I have found this video and the one about first contact with Korea to be the most interesting, mainly because these regions do not seem to be as well documented or given as much attention as Japan and China.
I still remember an argument that i had on youtube like 12 years ago with some Filipino dude who was adamant about the Philippines having "won a war against Portugal" and therefore being "a more powerful and greater nation than Portugal" because they stabbed some Portuguese dude to death on a beach. That was my first direct interaction with the most powerful race.
@@WildsDreams45 We DIDN'T do away with the Roman legacy. In fact we specifically tried to rebuild the Roman Empire on our continent.... 4 times.... If the Philippines treated Spain the way that white people treat Rome they would be trying to conquer Spain and Portugal right now and re-create the Spanish Empire but with themselves in charge.
I want to know, how did these people learn each others languages in just a few weeks? The depth of their communication after a few short weeks is incredible that they're able to communicate so effectively and descriptively.
Ancient Cebuanos learned Malay as a lingua franca. Magellan had a slave from the Spice Islands who translated for them. Technically, it was him - Enrique de Malacca who did the full circumnavigation of the world. Magellan diead and Elcano didn't circumnavigate the world until he went back to Spain.
Magellan had Malay slaves called Enrique de Mallaca/ Henry the Black/Enrique Panglima Awang. It is said to be the first man whom circumnavigate the world because Magellan didn't make it. Magellan captured Enrique when the Portuguese ransacked Malacca now Malaysia, ( The fall of Malacca). He brought Enrique to him as a slaves because Enrique can speak in many tongues especially Malay language. As an explorer like Magellan Enrique is really helpful in communicating with the natives.
Perhaps the reason they landed on Mactan Island first was due to Enrique of Mallaca en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_of_Malacca His story deserves further investigation.
The Mactan oral history says this battle happend on the island of Poro and they even seemed to find archeology that backs that up. Maybe the names got mixed up, maybe Poro belonged to the Mactans also... who knows.
i have not looked at the comment sections yet; i'm filipino and when i heard we have multiple wives and that filipino women prefer white men; i am like, yeah that sounds about right.
@Zod Starkiller That's probably true. Although I was not expecting to hear that the women refused to have sex with them unless they had a penis piercing because they wanted more stimulation. Those women sound pretty demanding to be honest.
Very, very cool. Very, very interesting. Very well done. I do not subscribe to YT channels lightly. I rarely hit the notification bell when I do subscribe to a channel. But youve earned it. Excellent narration, and I love the "primary source pov" style. Fantastic way of bringing history to life. Well done 😉🙂💖
lol you guys missed a 4 party interaction here, just a tip, Magellan, or Fernão de Magalhães as his real name was, was portuguese, I guess you didn't notice the reference to the spanish king as the 4th party...when they met it was peaceful and than the primitives asked him to fight other primitives, and than they betrayed the europeans...you guys should go back to pre school to learn how to think and only than, watch the video again!
Buteos hmmm... I may just do that. This is interesting information. Even though I majored in physics doesn’t mean I understand world history. I have a lot to learn
Portuguese: now say it with me "magalhães" English speakers : ma- Portuguese: yes... english speakers ma-ge portuguese: you're almost there ... english speakers: MagELlaN!! portuguese: 🤦♀️🤦♂️
@EmperorJuliusCaesar Names have been translated at least as early as there being multiple written languages, if not much much earlier. No idea why you think it's a uniquely Christian thing
I'm a native spanish speaker, I speak 5 languages, and I couldn't pronounce your weird-ass language to save my life. Written, sure, it's almost identical to spanish. But then y'all go ãlhãoãoãoãoinho and I'm like WTF
@@Altrantis É por causa do ão que existe na nossa língua, assim como o nh, o lh e o rr, que conseguimos falar qualquer língua do mundo sem qualquer tipo de dificuldade. Ao contrário dos espanhóis que não conseguem pronunciar uma língua simples como o inglês. Just say it Ma - ga - lhães. See its easy. You can do it. Urrah.
No sooner had Magellan achieved what Columbus dreamed about than he was cut down on the beach. Capt Cook was to have a similar moment of madness 250yrs later in Haiwai
Unfortunately the Spaniards underestimated thier opponenets. Unlike the "Tondo" (modern day manila) who were tributaries to the Chinese Emperors, the Bisayans specifically the Majahas regularly fought againts the Imperial trade ships, navy and privateers. So they were no strangers to fighting opponents wearing armor or those using cannons. Lapu lapu made sure his warriors fought out of range of the spanish cannons and they all aimed for the legs which were unarmored. Fighting in the beaches hindered the spanish because of all the heavy armor they wore weighed them down in the wet sand while the warriors of mactan were able to dance and evade the arquebus shots and crossbow bolts.
@Sumi Im not gonna argue with you there. My ancestors were enemies of the Tondo and the Yuan Dynasty of China, so yes Chinese ships were targeted. Even Admiral Zheng He of the Ming avoided us during his voyages later on. The Chinese had access to Cannons and Armor so as I said "no strangers to fighting opponents wearing armor or those using cannons".
@@justinnamuco9096 Yes, in the pre-spanish era if you wanted to do trade with the imperial court you would be registered in the records as a tributary, in exchange for "tribute" you were given "gifts". That was how trade was done and recorded back then. All who traded were labeled as tributaries.
@LagiNaLangAko23 True, the Empire was a major part of the old trade network. And modern day china still is. But how trade is conducted and how "trade partners" treat one another will be up to how the powers that be go about diplomacy. Remember the main reason the Maragtas and the Kingdom of Nippon (modern day Japan), stopped being tributaties was because the Yuan dynasty basically threatened everyone with invasion. In fact if the invasion of Japan had succeeded then the rest of SEA would have been next. Proper trade only slowly resumed when the Ming took over the Empire and when the Spanish took over most of the Philippines.
Interesting that at a young age, having spent my first 9 years in Philippines that I learned LapuLapu to be one of our nation's greatest heroes to slay the the tyrant, Magellan... Fast forward present times, I confronted a Portuguese man who hardly spoke English in a bar who called out my country for the death of their beloved Magellan-history brings so much of us together.
I'm a product of the Spanish colonization of PH my Grandfather in mother half Spanish/PH; on top of that, my father, Singaporean Chinese Hi from Singapore
@@ginochristiano1397 - Actually it is Magellan. In his youth as a captain for the Portuguese kingdom in their conquest of Malacca. He already sailed West to East, from Portugal up to Borneo then back again. His landing on the Philippines completed the circle.
Grand Moff Tarkin to Spain??? there was no Spain you idiot!!! and Fernão de Magalhães was Portuguese not spaniard!!! go back and watching again but first turn your brain on this time!!!
Buteos he worked for the Spanish crown. And they went back to Spain via the Cape of Good Hope in Africa with Juan Sebastian El Cano as the captain completing the first circumnavigation of the world and proving that the earth is a sphere.
Buteos yes he was Portuguese but it was Spain that funded his voyage so he brought his family to Spain. His wife and his child even died in Seville. It was a Spanish expedition after all. Nothing to do with Portugal. They already had their own route.
Never mind Buteos. He is just an ignorant portuguese with a huge inferiority complex towards Spain. There's tons of them commenting on every single video about Spain, making the dumbest most outrageously false claims you can imagine (like this genius saying Spain didn't exist, they're very obsessed with that one, lol). All they ammount to is "look at me guys, me exist too, me better than evil Spain hurrdurr"
"The women loved us very much more than their own men." As a white guy of European descent living in the Philippines that line almost killed me. My god Filipino women are something else. They have been like that literally from the very beginning, and to such an extent that they felt the need to comment on it in their records. Amazing.
It's the same how black men love white women more than they love black women, or how Arab men love European women etc People love what's different, they get bored of the same old same old. Also, for women, they have hypergamy.
lol they sure don't seem powerful, the portuguese perhaps, but not the filipinos, they waisted a potential good ally and got the tyrants, 😜 chose wrong!!! not powerful at all, learn with your mistakes.
"omg the women are gorgeous!!" 😍 El Commander: We're staying! comprende muchachos?!! Amigos: Si! Si hefe!! We stay! *everyone cheers.... except the locals
Thank you for this content, man. I only knew Magellan through the biased education I had. He is widely considered in the Philippines as the first national hero to fight the Spaniards here, and never got anymore interested in it. Watching this makes me feel like this was a great tragedy for the Philippines and Tthe Spanish Navigators. Had the circumstances been different, had Lapu-lapu and Magellan not met at their fateful day, our country would've went on a different road to modernization, saving our country from many centuries of suffering.
Lapu-Lapu is originally a Bornean Prince that asked for some land with the Chief of Cebu. Ofcourse since Borneo was a powerhouse at this time, Rajah Humabon wants to get in the good sides of Borneo and so adopted Lapu-Lapu and gave him the island opposite of Cebu. However, he used it as a base of operations of his piracy business and since then became a thorn on the side of the safety of Cebu, thus when Magellan came to Cebu - he was greeted with open arms by Rajah Humabon. Lapu-Lapu is neither Filipino nor a Hero. However, his incident with Magellan earned him this title because he was a convenient archetype to the Filipino Identity. It is noteworthy that the idea of a united Philippines never came to be until the Spanish arrived. That is why we have no term for ourselves as a united nation, pre-colonization. We were identified as Bisaya, Tagalog or whatever tribal affiliation we had.
@@mosesracal6758 basically, Rajah Humabon gambled on these strangers from across the ocean to oust Lapu-Lapu at no cost. If Magellan succeeded, both sides would stand to gain, Rajah Humabon specially. Joining a new faith to gain a free ally isn't such a bad deal. He got rid of a thorn on his side, and he would gain a powerful ally. Rajah Humabon probably had no intention of following through his pledge on the Christian cross. He most likely didn't even believe in it, let alone understand the teachings of Christ. If Magellan didn't succeed, however, then Rajah didn't loose anything, he didn't sacrifice his men. But of course, he'd still have an angry Lapu-Lapu raiding his land. Magellan was willing to help because he wanted to improve his country's relations with the locals, in the best interest of Spain, but he lost. I'm gonna play the devil's advocate here. If Magellan had asked for additional troops from Rajah Humabon, he'd stand a chance to win against Lapu-Lapu's troops.
Where is Lapu-lapu warrior of mactan who fight portoguese and spaniards and killed Ferdinand magellan . Europe have vikings and Asia have Pintados (Visaya) from Philippines. There was a time in the history of the world when the Chinese trembled when they heard the word Pi-she-yeh (Visayas), referring to the country and people of the eponymous region in the Philippines. Whenever word reached them of an incoming attack from Pi-she-yeh, they immediately retreated. And they were right to be afraid. A Chinese government official named Chau Ju-Kua was the first to document the Visayans as “ferocious raiders of China’s Fukien coast” who were thought to come from the islands south of Taiwan. At first, the Chinese thought the raiders were barbarians from Taiwan, but wondered whether they could be foreigners because they looked different and spoke a different language. In the 12th century, ancient Filipinos had earned a status of notoriety as masters of the sea and expert raiders. Their appearance on any shore was an ominous sign of impending catastrophe: Balanghay ships from the Visayas would carry hordes of ancient tattooed warriors known as Pintados, who would ransack and pillage every house in sight. I hope you make a video about Pi-she-yeh ancient filipino warriors ❤️
I may be mistaken but at 11:51 when the narrator stated when andreas pigafetta said "they slew our mirror our guide"...wasn't the same quote uttered about the slain General Charles "Chinese" gordon at the battle of khartoum when he fought against muhammad ahmad al-mahdi in what is known as the mahdist rebellion!?
Magellan: Burn their houses to terrify them. Lapulapu: I'm going to end this guy's whole career Sailors: captain died heroically trying to terrorize the natives. He was a good man.
꧂Oddish꧂ you actually missed the point, negotiations were going fine until the spanish interacted with the 2 parties...consequence was instead of being a portuguese trading port like so many in the pacific islands and India it became a spanish colony, sounds like they were better with the portuguese, just sayin 😉
On Monday, it will have been 499 years since that battle was fought.
Amun Ra how time flies!
Wonder if there's a holiday for it
@@daniel3231995 I believe there's a historical reenactment that's done on the site where the Battle of Mactan took place. It's usually preformed on the day it happened.
Kaiser Gidorah ya they should celebrate the day they backstabbed a trading partner sending a message of non negotiable primitives back to Spain that obviously enslaved them! sounds like your a genius!!!💩
Buteos that is true.
"...their women would not have communication with them." The word communication here does not mean talking. It is being used in the same way as the word "intercourse" often is - as a literary euphemism.
No shit.
@Brad dіe Irriterend III It's not obvious for stupid people like me, please remember that not everybody is as intelligent as you
And yet their women loved them more than their men...
legaldinho 😁, the Portuguese had no need for piercings 😉
@Brad dіe Irriterend III Only for those who know what "privy" means.
Philippines: get mentioned
I can already see them coming. The Filipinos. *THEY ARE COMING.*
Well damn. You got us. 🇵🇭
They're here huehue... Ah no wait that's from another country.
Hmmm.. strange, I saw your profile name somewhere...
So far I've seen a lot more of these posts than Filipino posts.
naku naku.. brace yourselves
"It has a taste... urghhh... resembling the almond"
Magellan sure hated almonds lol.
@Fiamo Scarlette really
Nothing good ever comes Out of an Almond
Pigagetta was the one writing it
The account was written by Pigafetta, not Magellan.
@@adrianirimescu988 Almond milk is delicious. The right brand anyway... Some taste way too much like almonds.
If it says this only has 5 ingredients on the label; or similar; that's the good stuff.
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Suggestion for a video -
The Russians' first encounter with Native Siberians.
That would be sick :)
That probably doesn't exist though since the Russians never "discovered" Siberia. It always existed on the other side of the Urals and they had some (at least) vauge notion of the people existing there.
DesignatedMember exactly but maybe when Russia reach pacific or alaska
@@DesignatedMemberThis is not quite accurate, Russians might have been vaguely aware of the existence of other tribes east of the Urals, but they certainly started conquering beginning around 1580 with Yermak. The process of conquest was quite fast, in less than a century they have reached the Pacific Ocean. A lot of these conquerors were illiterate Cossacks so I'm not sure there are a lot of first-person accounts of first encounters with native Siberians.
The brutality might be too much to handle. Cossacks were primitive and violent, that's about it.
One of the earliest European businesses to open up in the Philippines, in the 17th century, was a wine shop where you brought your own wine bottle to fill up, called "Fil-a-Pinot."
That's funny.
Good one. Good. One.
And all of their baptisms were held on the island of Born-neo.
Lol
Im slow. I did not get this
Magellen was having a heated gamer moment.
Magellan lived in a society
Explorers rise up.
Ryan Lajara touché
Ferdinand Magellan reportedly forgot to ally neighbouring people for military aid
“I asked many, young and old, to see their privies...” 🤔
If you've never seen a huge piercing through someone's junk - it would surprise you too. Like... Do they do this to babies?? He must find out - and he did. No wonder their women liked the Europeans more.. lol
They weren't called explorers for nothing.
@N e g r i t o [tenfold] lol, don't be so offended.. It was a joke. They had never seen men that were taller with broader bodies and exotic ways about them. Probably never saw a man outside of their village except on occassion and from traders, let alone men with completely different variations of their genome. It's human nature to be attracted to those who don't share your geneology.
It was a joke on them thinking their women wouldn't have sex with them unless they pierced their penises, but they didn't actually know if that was true or not because they all had the piercings from birth.
I’m sure if there was something creepy afoot he wouldn’t have written it down in text.
N e g r i t o [tenfold], actually, a lot of Filipino women are like that, even to this day. They are enamored with white men.
Just add "Philippines " on any titles and you will summon forth legions of filipinos Bombarding you with comments of how proud they are of their nationality and appreciate you for featuring our country.
I am proud of my country. AMERICA
And the other half would be people like you who say what you always say about them. It's equally stupid.
Especially with Foreigner/Tourist Vloggers in the Philippines
brace yourselves... annoying, cringy, embarassingly overly proud pinoy comments are coming.
haha that is so true bro I'm filipino myself and filipinos can be really annoying.
This is brilliant! Loved hearing about the heroism of our ancestors especially the little details and ceremonies of everyday lives of the people back then. I've read Pigafetta's writings myself but would love to hear more from you. Perhaps the baptism of Rajah Humabon King of Cebu, which is a significant event. It would also be great to hear about the elaborate tattoos that are associated with ancient Visayans and also the wealth of gold jewelry that astonished the Spaniards.
Yeah and how about that genital mutilation imposed on the men by the ever so sweet and loving Filipino ladies, which the men had to do if they wanted to get any sex, only for the ladies to go off cavorting with the foreign men without any such requirements. Its almost like life hasnt really changed that much even after 500 years lol
Pinoy annoy, they ran around naked, never had a Civilization, writing or any meaningful wealth
@@hailheaven4372 no meaningful wealth? And yet even now foreigners are still digging golds in the Philippines because ph have a lot and also rice, oil and beautiful islands with pearls. That's why many countries invaded PH and still want to invade Ph.
@
The philippines were invaded by muslims and hindu's before though none succeeded conquering the whole of the islands.
After the spanish conquest the archipelago we know now was named the philippines and was later occupied by the US and Japan.
The philippines nowadays consist of the entire archipelago & are a politically independent country a feat that took a very long time.
The filipinos are an admirable people historically they have been occupied by foreigners but kept their pride i wish the best for them.
I'm a Filipino that only subscribed when I watched the Aztec Perspective, then I thought would "they be interested in making one about the Philippines?". Then I said maybe it wouldn't be in consideration as not many are interested in our pre-colonial past. But here it is.
@@builtnotboughtmadeinphilip3955 Lmfao who tf are you? Martin Luther? Hahahaha you're a special kind of crazy
@@lizzardking4859 i read his other comments and he is a bible nutter and thinks we are all from a boat with 2 of each animals
"Hey Native! Come here and lemme see your junk! Come on, now!"
Sounds like a great guy.
Look, he was just the original frat bro. Give him some credit.
No homo
😂😂😂😂
Pigafetta? More like peek-a-fetta.
Jimmy Bangus i just want to know how that started
‘’Scuse me sir- mind if I ask around for something- my people will have so many questions about-‘’
I love you for having a sponsor that is perectly related to your channel's content, right down to the name. However, I would actually love to hear you say "this video is sponsored by raid: shadow legends"
You cannot ever say that sentence unless you're the internet historian
Yeah hahaha
In their language they called the wine Uraka.
In my language, wine made from coconut palm is called Araka.
Greeting Filipinos, from India.
Pre-Christian Philippines was Hindu-Buddhist, Islamic, and Animist. It had a lot of Indian influence.
@@prosimian I am not sure about Hindu=Buddhist, but I do they had contact with Tamil traders and many settled there.
The Philippines was supposed to be incorporated in the waning days of the Cholan Empire that controlled southern India, Sri Lanka, parts of the Malay Peninsula and parts of Indonesia. Many expeditions were sent but they all failed, such as the expedition by the first chief of Cebu, Sri Lumay, who is a minor prince that then controlled the island of Sumatra, rebelled against the Cholan Empire and established his own rajhanate instead on the island of Cebu.
His family controlled the island till its last rajah died, rajah tupas - with a lineage that goes back to Sri Lumay.
We have deep ties with our neighbors, we were literally smack dab in the middle of everything else.
Sacrificial Lamb Islamic??? that's a 1rst for me, I'll go check that out, the other ones I had knowledge of.
Definitely a lone word from the Chola Princes that controlled the island of Cebu as Rajahs (whom the Spaniards here fought for).
These are really interesting my dude
Lmao. Magellan asking peeps to show their junk.
Magellan had all the intellect of a typical TSA agent.
When you first learn about piercings...
Piercing through the shaft sounds really painful
Pigafetta is the one writing the account, still funny though.
Not that those peeps wore a lot of clothing...
I'm glad that you've covered the accounts of European contact with the Filipinos as there aren't as many written records regarding Pre-Colonial Filipino society as our history was mostly told orally or written on bamboo, though, they don't preserve well and some might have been destroyed by the Spaniards. I've also managed to find some interesting sources on Pre-Colonial life such as the use of gunpowder by the Filipinos, though, not in a huge amount as not many kingdoms had possessed them. According to one source I've read online from a book called The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, a chronicler states " All of their arms, for both sea and land, are fire-bombs. They have quantities of gunpowder, in the shape of loaves. Their artillery, although not large is poor. They have also, and quite commonly poor, culverins and arquebuses so that they depend mainly on their lances. I am informed that they do not fear the arquebuses very much, because they themselves are so poor shot with them, and are amazed at seeing a hen or pigeon killed with an arquebuse shot. They fear lances more than other weapons. " And another that states "Since they have seen the Spaniards use their weapons, many of the natives handle the arquebuses and muskets quite skilfully. Before the arrival of the Spaniards, they had bronze culverins and other pieces of cast iron, with which they defended their forts and settlements, although their powder is not so well refined as that of the Spaniards." The culverins that the European explorers were referring to would most likely be a Lantaka, which was a small cannon that was used throughout Maritime Southeast Asia that could be mounted on boats and forts.
Sword_Saint -Kusanagi isn't 15th century post european contact? doesn't correlate with your point of pre-colonial gunpowder, more like they learned how to make gunpowder from the Europeans 😉
Buteos I forgot to mention that this account was from a European explorer shortly after the colonization of the Philippines in 1565 by Miguèl Lopez De Legazpi. I’ve also read from another site that some of the cannon makers were originally from the Majapahit Empire & moved to different parts of Maritime Southeast Asia, such as the Philippines, to continue their work as the Majapahit Empire was dissolving & their need for black powder weaponry wasn’t in high demand. I’m not quite sure why the author of the book that I’ve read put in 1493 on the book’s title.
Interesting. I wonder how many facets of the story exist, considering Taoists in what is today China had invented Gunpowder in the 900s (according to mainstream western Academia). How much commerce existed with the Tang dynasty, and intermingling... WHere does the Philippines stand in the "Chinese" records? Or even Indian or Vedic for that matter...
@manlypedro75 I'm not quite sure when lowland Filipinos had acquired gunpowder or whether or not they got it from the Chinese or Malays. Our pre-colonial history can be difficult to understand as there aren't a lot of sources that cover a variety of topics, such as the one I've just mentioned. Legazpi did mention a Chinese arquebus he found on a Chinese junk docked in the Philippines during its colonization, but I highly doubt that it was used by the natives. It could be around the 16th century when the Majapahit Empire was nearing its end, but this is just my guess. I can't know for sure.
@@manlypedro75 I recall if reading an article from Wikipedia that every nine years Chinese merchants would come to the Philippines to trade.
Would love to see the letter of Pero Vaz de Caminha to the King of Portugal upon landfall in Brazil. It's a beautiful and genuine account of an encounter between different worlds.
our ancestors were too hospitable and too generous, that portuguese magellan and those spaniards robbed them off of all their gold, to the extent of digging up the graves of our departed to amass more gold... yes, these european looters @ their best... so glad they missed machu picchu in peru, otherwise, they would have burned it down too...
@@pinacolada111 The fact that you mention Magellan (among other things) shows that you know quite little about History and Historiography. You should read a bit more and watch more documentaries.
@@kevinferreira270 do not turn your ignorance on this subject on me, i bet you do not know that magellan only used the spices reasons for navigation, but he was really looking for the biblical land Ophir, as inspired by columbus... btw, are you spaniard? did you know that your leaders cannot really be proud of your museums as they contain artifacts and riches that were mostly from other civilizations that your barbaric looter ancestors stole from...
@@pinacolada111 First, what does Magellan have to do with Brazil? Because that's what the comment you replied to is about. Wow.
Second, no I'm not a Spaniard. I'll ignore the rest of the comment.
I love the phillipines as a kiwi, amazing place would have been a paradise for those men after months at sea.
Especially after being harrassed by the natives of the land they first saw in months. They made landfall in the island of Guam, where they were immediately robbed.
Imagine sailing on a cramped ship, just surviving the harrowing journey that was the atlantic and south america, and expecting for the trip to last 3-4 days that lasted months, just to get robbed in the first bit of land you reached.
Landing on Limasawa island with friendly locals must have been heaven for them.
@@mosesracal6758 the illustration at 4:05 with the galleon and natives on boats around it is actually the legit 1590 illustration from first page of boxer codex of guamanian chamorros trying to approach the galleon to eventually rob them
You could also watch this.
m.ruclips.net/video/U_BjtFu7L38/видео.html
You're a kiwi? Then you're our homie cuz we're #austronesians
@@mosesracal6758 that's cultural misunderstanding, chamorro people didn't robbed them. These Europeans asked for food and supplies, while the Chamorros gave it to them. In Chamorro peoples mind, these people are there to trade, since they gave the Spaniards their resources, they expected that Spaniards will give them something in return. They went inside their ships and found the supplies of these white people (thinking it is theirs due to the resources they gave) they get them and bring them as their own. To Spanish surprise, they taught they were stealing so after that they burn these people houses.
Full of joy, proud of their own culture while embracing others, friendly to strangers, love fish, rice, coconuts & bread, focussed on food & long meals with friends and family and love to drink alcohol... as a non Filipino I can say that it seems not much has changed 😂
Yup, Even I myself was surprised by this. (Filipino myself 😂) You know what they say, Old habits die hard. 😂
Well, those Spanish marauders brought/introduced to the locals their own brand of profanities and vulgar language which are still being widely used by most of the irreverent parts of the population, including the false religion of King Philip.
Hates crows?
It's like if a German would say they're proud to be German.. you would never see that lol!
I've never seen a Philipinno with piercings. Ever. 0-0
This channel is BRILLIANT. I see 1M subscribers coming
Last time I was this early the Philippines was still a Spanish colony.
The Philippines just got discovered here?
@@mosesracal6758 last time im early, the filipinos are not drug addicts
The Philippines were part of the viceroy of New Spain, viceroy not colony
You dont know your own history?
Old format for YT jokes. 🤦♂️
5:10 "they're woman like us very much more than their own men", yep that is philipines
Don't be sooo overjoyed, they were prostitutes and they receive any strangers like that. At that time, not having a tattoo is not glamorous. And the europeans do not have tattoos.
In another account, some crew have rape some women, that why they were massacred in a banquet. Infact the king of Spain sent a letter of apology in another expedition but it didn't reach the island.
This kind of thing we're rated XXX in those days and you don't easily find them in history books now.
@@haroroa3329 source?
@@flecca7522 just do a research
I agree with the other comment here... they were prostitutes, it was also mentioned that the prince also guided the explorers to a hut with naked dancing women.
@@haroroa3329 no source shows how much bullshit is spewing out of your mouth
Chief Lapu-Lapu, the leader of the Island of Mactan where Magellan died actually have a vast and rich history. He was originally a pirate and a prince from Borneo and got adopted by the "Christian King" of Cebu. The reason why they were fighting was that because Lapu-Lapu kept his life as a pirate disrupting peace in the region.
Hence the name Mactan, from the Bisaya word Mangangatang meaning bandits.
Edit: I should point out what I meant with Christian King of Cebu is the conversion of Rajah Humabon to Christianity and adopting a Christian Name. This was all ceremonial howver as it was only used to get Magellan to trust Rajah Humabon and let him attack Lapu-Lapu
Moses Racal dont spread that kind of misinformation.
Thank you! There’s this misconception perpetuated by the educational system that Lapu-Lapu was a Philippine hero, when that couldn’t be any further from the truth.
edit: I meant to say Lapu-Lapu, not Magellan
@James Pelobello Lmao wtf is that reasoning. Simply hearing it from a history professor from your subjectively judged prestigious university won't make something a fact. You're so proud of these "facts" yet all you have are claims, faulty reasoning and absolutely zero evidence
@@justinnamuco9096 stfu! The average Filipino like yourself will never question anything. You simply accept anything teachers amd society tell you in the classrooms, in your neighborhoods and society. You put tradition and propaganda above anything else no matter how wrong it is and it's no surprise why the Philippines is like it is today - stagnant, unable to progress and full of corruption endemic in all aspects of society - simply because you can never think foe yourself.
Link or source?
I just wanna say I love all of your videos and find them very inspiring ! Especially from loving ancient history ! Hearing stories in this manner is unique and very uplifting!
That "jet black bird" may be referred to a crow or in the local language is "uwak". We Filipinos even on these modern times can get superstitious and a crow in a sight suggests a premonition; the bird species is often associated with myths and urban legends depending on which region and province and town and municipality and city you live but a common belief is that a crow is somewhat linked either with a "Sigbin", a shapeshifter or a "Tiktik", a darkly winged sometimes having resemblance to a human, both are creatures of Philippine mythology and are often subjects to local folklores and the reason why the ancient natives won't tell anything is because they are overshadowed by fear of mentioning these creatures and by doing so, they are expected to receive bad luck or a "visit" from these monsters.
could be a giant fruit bat too.
Mali
Magellan would have known what a crow is
Living in the Philippines for 6+ years and being a student of history, I enjoy these accounts but also understand those writing history often have their own agenda to promote.
So true
Do you think a man, a soldier for the matter, writting in scarse paper and ink have time nor will to drive any kind of agenda? Or is it more your twisted today's vision carried over to historical events that prevents you from seeing history as it is, with its historical context attached?
I'd say a soldier notes is WAY more believeable than a court "historian" or a "philosopher" who has the education and spare time to let the imagination go and has certainly the imminent interest of mantaining his position of nobility by getting his nose brown to the ruler on duty.
I'm part Filipino, so hearing about the pre-colonial Philippines was really interesting. Thanks for covering this!
BOXER CODEX or the ophirian heritage conservatory...
Voices of the Past, you can also discuss the Song Dynasty account of the precolonial Philippine Kingdom of Ma-I (Mait/Bai in Filipino) recorded in Chu Fan Chi (1225 CE) by Chau Ju Kua.
Haha sponsored by Magellan. Just right for the video.Perfect looks like the landed at our Island, PH.
I'm always listening to this while my eyes closed and in my mind there is a scene of old Philippines my ancestor when my country is not yet influenced by the western. I'm kinda happy or may be it's a pride that back then we had our own Identity culture writing and language. Not the lie that Spaniard told us, they said we are Savage and ignorant people before they came. Just like what they did to Inca and Mayan civilition they want to vanished it from the mind of the people they conquered. But the hearts doesn't forget.
Humay still means (unhusked)rice in Cebuano today. I wonder how my language evolved in 500 years.
Pigafetta compiled a list. You can check it online.
I would estimate around 75% didn't change in our languages. Vocabulary is largely the same as per the dictionaries at the time
@@michaellacostales5585 can’t find it. Domyou have a link?
@@rocklee1764 Here you go my friend. mycebu.ph/article/antonio-pigafetta-ferdinand-magellan-cebu-glossary/amp/
The black bird is an aswang. The natives feared that it will consume the cadaver.
Now I believe it’s Real
Shapeshifter. That’s why the locals won’t talk about it.
It must be a "sigbin", the shapeshifter, turned into a crow.
It's a bat god damnit
@@iamachinesepetwholies5476 -most probably the case. This “black bird” that came out at night that was labeled “a crow” by Pigafetta. As an earlier post said that the natives called it “aswang” or “asuwang” a local myth of the vampire that comes out at night seeking to suck the blood out of mammals and sleeping humans. Vampire bats are nocturnal, are black furred and hellish-looking and flew like birds. They were probably attracted to the smell of a human corpse.
Oh shit, he mentioned the Philippines. And I'm part Filipino. Time to comment!
I grew up with Filipino or half Filipino friends in California. Comment your butt off. I got your back. Or butt. Whatever suits your fancy
@@jellymop Bruh moment #3728
I ate yakisoba once, so i'm basically filipino
I am marrying a Filipino woman just so my kids can do that too
Hemmoroidza haha. Such a bro moment!
Pilipino was never weak...just because you were welcome nicely doesn’t mean they are weak!
Who said they were weak mate?
Thats what they are called Filipinas cause they repelled the spanish invasors wait no hold up...
Yeah. Ignorance
@@FoxFrig4:40
This only describes the Visayans. Would love to hear some accounts about Tagalogs from late 16th and early 17th century.
An interesting group of Luzon is the Igorot (Tagalog for "mountain people", who are actually several different groups), who remained independent of the Spanish for more than 300 years. Another major group of Luzon is the Ilocano.
Anyone who is interested in first-hand accounts of the Philippines ought to check out the Philippine Diary Project, philippinediaryproject.com/. It's an ongoing project, so what you don't find today may be found tomorrow.
I’ve read a book by Nick Joaquin about Legaspi’s conquest of Manila.
If you like Nick Joaquin check out F. Sionil Jose's books. His 5-novel Rosales saga is excellent, as are his other books. Jose also owns the Solidaridad bookshop in Ermita, which is the nation's top bookshop for Filipino literature.
Because this is told from Magellan's point of view. Magellan only met the Visayans, not the Tagalogs. Pay attention.
From one source I've read, Tagalogs did do overseas trade in Maritime Southeast Asia, such as the Malaysian Sultanate of Malacca, and even did mercenary activity, especially in Mainland Southeast Asia, where both Burmese & Siamese used them in the first Burmese-Siamese war that started in 1547-1549.
THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL EPISODE 😍😍😍😍
Magellan: "say what!? Show me your privies!!"
Well hey, at least there was no bloodshed...oh....never mind...
Oh captain my captain! Truly heroic.
@Jonathan Williams sure he was buddy, surrender to my God and the King of Spain!
He was murdered for staring at too many privies.
Number one rule, you don't go to places and claim that it is someone else's, that's a dick move, of course you're gonna get in trouble, that's what you get for throwing your nut sack unto exploitation. Only to be killed by tribals.
For anyone interested in this subject check out “Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe” by Laurence Bergreen
It’s so well written, honestly can’t recommend it highly enough
yeah
Alternative channel name idea: The Handsome Historian
Bad name
@@henrymellard5647 Ngl he looks good tho.
@@rilijohnmichael when was he seen
His cat is mad cute doe 😳😳😳🔥🔥😎😎😎
@@henrymellard5647 1:44
This was incredible. I'm glad that the Captain's gallantry went down in history.
Despite i'm struggeling quiet hard to follow this kind of english, i'm absolutely fascinated about this report/'s !!!
"The women loved us much more than their own men"... YOU CANNOT DENY THE LOCAL CUSTOMS!
Ah yes, sex Tourism.
A colonial tradition that's existed for 500 years now in the Philippines.....
And never stopped.
Just take them all away
Kind of understandable, given that the business ends of the locals had a metal rod through them...
LOL, those were prostitutes, it was also mentioned that the prince also guided the explorers to a hut with naked dancing women... but somehow, Voices of the Past uploaded an incomplete version of the accounts... some of the images that he used were also wrong.
Well that tradition has certainly survived the test of time. Just ask any American sailors
This book is the description of the first travel around the world written by Antonio Pigaffeta who did the travel with Magallanes. I fully recommend that book its very interesting and its not too long. About 120 pages.
4:17 "Can I see your privy"? Oh the gall!
Cebuano here thanks for this rare record, we barely even learn about this in our setting! Invaluable.
EDIT: Found out pigafetta is italian,how did he end up in a spanish expedition?
@@builtnotboughtmadeinphilip3955 don't worry... asians will conquer Europe soon....
I also enjoyed this video! I work for a company that will be setting up an office in Cebu soon, I hope that you guys are having a good time over there with Coronavirus, I will probably be visiting soon!
@@builtnotboughtmadeinphilip3955 Running around with nails in their titi, i guess spain put an end to that though...
our ancestors were too hospitable and too generous, that portuguese magellan and those spaniards robbed them off of all their gold, to the extent of digging up the graves of our departed to amass more gold... yes, these european looters @ their best... so glad they missed machu picchu in peru, otherwise, they would have burned it down too...
@@noah_hill that is only 1 part of our land... the tagalogs and other locals from other parts of luzon, visayas and mindanao wore decent silk clothes as a result of their trading with the chinese... you are not too bright and just open your mouth to something you have no full knowledge of... read more about the BOXER CODEX, it will help you a lot more on the subject and will not look ignorant here...
So far, I have found this video and the one about first contact with Korea to be the most interesting, mainly because these regions do not seem to be as well documented or given as much attention as Japan and China.
I remember it called and known as Hermit kingdom
Now you know...🙄
please do the first Portuguese description of Indonesian/Javanese/Nusantara people 🙏🙏🙏
wow thanks for highlighting my culture im great fan of your content.....our island is near samar
Magellan: I’m gonna launch an amphibious assault.
Lapu Lapu: So you’ve chosen death.
@EmperorJuliusCaesar Oh shut up Julius. This is why you got stabbed.
@@CanalTremocos how many times was it again XD
@@EMMmaximino 23
@EmperorJuliusCaesar a borneo pirate killed a genius navigator 60 vs 1000.
Saw from a diff vid, it’s 49 vs ThousandS
..TF was Magellan thinking? Haha
either he was tricked/betrayed or
extremely overestimated themselves
It's amazing that we had a rich history pre colonial times. Greetings from Cebu, near mactan where the battle was fought
Great to see a video about the Philippines and Magellan.
Viva Las Islas Filipinas! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!
Love from the Philippines! 🇵🇭
Love it when my favorite channel featured the Battle of Mactan.
I still remember an argument that i had on youtube like 12 years ago with some Filipino dude who was adamant about the Philippines having "won a war against Portugal" and therefore being "a more powerful and greater nation than Portugal" because they stabbed some Portuguese dude to death on a beach. That was my first direct interaction with the most powerful race.
@Ryan Lajara *Crying about 500 year old spilt milk*
Enjoy having your entire nation named after some Spanish guy.
@@WildsDreams45 what they don't, what you talking about?
@@WildsDreams45 We DIDN'T do away with the Roman legacy. In fact we specifically tried to rebuild the Roman Empire on our continent.... 4 times.... If the Philippines treated Spain the way that white people treat Rome they would be trying to conquer Spain and Portugal right now and re-create the Spanish Empire but with themselves in charge.
😂😂
*this source sounds like embellish bullshit to me
Wow, I always figured u were an older man. I think this is the first time I've seen u.
Ted Nugent any guy who sounds Brit sounds older.
He also appeared in the European-Korean video.
Really interesting story, more Filipino ones please
Now I'm sad that Magellan is no longer with us. 😥😥😥
it was not Magellan asking to check the men's pyruvate parts, it was Antonio Pigafetta.
Nice, please more Europeans accounts of people of Asia and the middle east.
I want to know, how did these people learn each others languages in just a few weeks? The depth of their communication after a few short weeks is incredible that they're able to communicate so effectively and descriptively.
They had a Malay slave who translated for them.
During that time Old Malay was the lingua franca in Maritime Southeast Asia. The Spaniards had a Malay slave who translated for them.
Ancient Cebuanos learned Malay as a lingua franca. Magellan had a slave from the Spice Islands who translated for them. Technically, it was him - Enrique de Malacca who did the full circumnavigation of the world. Magellan diead and Elcano didn't circumnavigate the world until he went back to Spain.
Magellan had Malay slaves called Enrique de Mallaca/ Henry the Black/Enrique Panglima Awang. It is said to be the first man whom circumnavigate the world because Magellan didn't make it. Magellan captured Enrique when the Portuguese ransacked Malacca now Malaysia, ( The fall of Malacca). He brought Enrique to him as a slaves because Enrique can speak in many tongues especially Malay language. As an explorer like Magellan Enrique is really helpful in communicating with the natives.
Perhaps the reason they landed on Mactan Island first was due to Enrique of Mallaca en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_of_Malacca His story deserves further investigation.
The Mactan oral history says this battle happend on the island of Poro and they even seemed to find archeology that backs that up. Maybe the names got mixed up, maybe Poro belonged to the Mactans also... who knows.
i have not looked at the comment sections yet; i'm filipino and when i heard we have multiple wives and that filipino women prefer white men; i am like, yeah that sounds about right.
@Zod Starkiller That's probably true. Although I was not expecting to hear that the women refused to have sex with them unless they had a penis piercing because they wanted more stimulation. Those women sound pretty demanding to be honest.
maraming kabit isang asawa
They want the greencard.
I didn't know Filipinos used to be polyamorous tbh.
They were given with we now call "prostitute". Those virls are their to "entertain" them
Very, very cool.
Very, very interesting.
Very well done.
I do not subscribe to YT channels lightly.
I rarely hit the notification bell when I do subscribe to a channel.
But youve earned it.
Excellent narration, and I love the "primary source pov" style.
Fantastic way of bringing history to life.
Well done 😉🙂💖
RUclips Video: *has "Philippines" on the title*
Filipinos: Who has thou awaken us?!
*AWAKEN MY MASTERS*
*ay yai yayaiiii*
Prepare to be bombarded with comments of overly proud Filipinos telling people they are proud to be filipinos and stuff. XD
1st visit: "Hey guys! I love you, here's food and lets party."
2nd visit: "So listen.. you have to bow to my Christian King, or we hate you...."
Haha. It’s been long enough. I can laugh at that truth.
spanish colonization in a nutshell
lol you guys missed a 4 party interaction here, just a tip, Magellan, or Fernão de Magalhães as his real name was, was portuguese, I guess you didn't notice the reference to the spanish king as the 4th party...when they met it was peaceful and than the primitives asked him to fight other primitives, and than they betrayed the europeans...you guys should go back to pre school to learn how to think and only than, watch the video again!
Buteos hmmm... I may just do that. This is interesting information. Even though I majored in physics doesn’t mean I understand world history. I have a lot to learn
Dave O You don't need diplomas to understand what's said in the video 😉
I wonder if there's any "First Description of Europeans" you can make a video on
There are a few
ruclips.net/video/9fKn9Dkq04w/видео.html
@@blaisevillaume2225 oh thx I forgot that was in my watch later
Oh you should read the Japanese first description of Europeans: big eyes, hairy faces, smells like rancid butter.
Tacitus
There are.
Portuguese: now say it with me "magalhães"
English speakers : ma-
Portuguese: yes...
english speakers ma-ge
portuguese: you're almost there ...
english speakers: MagELlaN!!
portuguese: 🤦♀️🤦♂️
That’s right. What he said
@EmperorJuliusCaesar Names have been translated at least as early as there being multiple written languages, if not much much earlier. No idea why you think it's a uniquely Christian thing
I'm a native spanish speaker, I speak 5 languages, and I couldn't pronounce your weird-ass language to save my life. Written, sure, it's almost identical to spanish. But then y'all go ãlhãoãoãoãoinho and I'm like WTF
@@Altrantis Hey, there's no need for that.
@@Altrantis É por causa do ão que existe na nossa língua, assim como o nh, o lh e o rr, que conseguimos falar qualquer língua do mundo sem qualquer tipo de dificuldade. Ao contrário dos espanhóis que não conseguem pronunciar uma língua simples como o inglês.
Just say it Ma - ga - lhães. See its easy. You can do it. Urrah.
No sooner had Magellan achieved what Columbus dreamed about than he was cut down on the beach. Capt Cook was to have a similar moment of madness 250yrs later in Haiwai
great video
Me: "hmm a magellan exploration video"
*plays vid but looks away for a moment*
*this video is sponsored by Magellan*
"wh-what?"
Four days ago, March 16, 2021 is the 500th anniversary of this, the first European contact to native Filipinos.
Unfortunately the Spaniards underestimated thier opponenets. Unlike the "Tondo" (modern day manila) who were tributaries to the Chinese Emperors, the Bisayans specifically the Majahas regularly fought againts the Imperial trade ships, navy and privateers. So they were no strangers to fighting opponents wearing armor or those using cannons. Lapu lapu made sure his warriors fought out of range of the spanish cannons and they all aimed for the legs which were unarmored. Fighting in the beaches hindered the spanish because of all the heavy armor they wore weighed them down in the wet sand while the warriors of mactan were able to dance and evade the arquebus shots and crossbow bolts.
@Sumi Im not gonna argue with you there. My ancestors were enemies of the Tondo and the Yuan Dynasty of China, so yes Chinese ships were targeted. Even Admiral Zheng He of the Ming avoided us during his voyages later on. The Chinese had access to Cannons and Armor so as I said "no strangers to fighting opponents wearing armor or those using cannons".
Tondo were tributaries to China?
@@justinnamuco9096 Yes, in the pre-spanish era if you wanted to do trade with the imperial court you would be registered in the records as a tributary, in exchange for "tribute" you were given "gifts". That was how trade was done and recorded back then. All who traded were labeled as tributaries.
@LagiNaLangAko23 True, the Empire was a major part of the old trade network. And modern day china still is. But how trade is conducted and how "trade partners" treat one another will be up to how the powers that be go about diplomacy. Remember the main reason the Maragtas and the Kingdom of Nippon (modern day Japan), stopped being tributaties was because the Yuan dynasty basically threatened everyone with invasion. In fact if the invasion of Japan had succeeded then the rest of SEA would have been next. Proper trade only slowly resumed when the Ming took over the Empire and when the Spanish took over most of the Philippines.
or maybe simply because they were 49 men vs 1500? They would have lost even with an heavy machine gun XD
Interesting that at a young age, having spent my first 9 years in Philippines that I learned LapuLapu to be one of our nation's greatest heroes to slay the the tyrant, Magellan... Fast forward present times, I confronted a Portuguese man who hardly spoke English in a bar who called out my country for the death of their beloved Magellan-history brings so much of us together.
5:08 says a lot really until today
What do you mean
Dovey Milton here in the Philippines, Filipinas are attracted to foreigners especially white people and other asians as well. Nothing special really.
we export women, especially the exotic-looking ones
hahaha.... exotic ones. in Tagalog, panget.
Well asians love white guys because of their looks I’m guessing
you have called upon us!! 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
I'm a product of the Spanish colonization of PH
my Grandfather in mother half Spanish/PH; on top of that, my father, Singaporean Chinese
Hi from Singapore
It was not Lapulapu who killed Magellan but his warriors, considering that Lapulapu was already an old man.
Yes. Lapu Lapu killing Magellan is just a misconception. Kinda like how people think Magellan was the first person to circumnavigate the world.
Jino DMC - Who was the first then?
@@dromeiro The rest of his crew werè the first
Oh yeah.. lol
@@ginochristiano1397 - Actually it is Magellan. In his youth as a captain for the Portuguese kingdom in their conquest of Malacca. He already sailed West to East, from Portugal up to Borneo then back again. His landing on the Philippines completed the circle.
You should consider covering the second half of the travel back to Spain.
Grand Moff Tarkin to Spain??? there was no Spain you idiot!!! and Fernão de Magalhães was Portuguese not spaniard!!! go back and watching again but first turn your brain on this time!!!
Buteos he worked for the Spanish crown. And they went back to Spain via the Cape of Good Hope in Africa with Juan Sebastian El Cano as the captain completing the first circumnavigation of the world and proving that the earth is a sphere.
Buteos yes he was Portuguese but it was Spain that funded his voyage so he brought his family to Spain. His wife and his child even died in Seville. It was a Spanish expedition after all. Nothing to do with Portugal. They already had their own route.
@ML8593wy Yes good point.
Never mind Buteos. He is just an ignorant portuguese with a huge inferiority complex towards Spain. There's tons of them commenting on every single video about Spain, making the dumbest most outrageously false claims you can imagine (like this genius saying Spain didn't exist, they're very obsessed with that one, lol). All they ammount to is "look at me guys, me exist too, me better than evil Spain hurrdurr"
I'm a Filipino American and damn.. watching this made me want to play Age of Empires and Empire Earth lol
You should play Europa Universalis 4.
@@TakZ000 as Philippines :)
A video about Magalhães on 25 april, nice
Tron Roos 😉, and loosing a trading post, could this be a bad omen? I'm not superstitious so...
RIP the captain. Those natives sure gave them a fight.
@Joe Blow 1500 vs 49 actually, plus they had men in the boats firing guns from the water. So like 1500 vs 60 really.
90% of comments: LOOK OUT THE FILIPINOS!!!!!!
10% of comments: history of Philippines.
0% of comments: the Filipinos
i am laTE BUT I HAVE ARRIVED- I HAVE BEEN SENT BY MY A.P TEACHER TO TELL U THEY;RE THERE.... lurking
"The women loved us, very much more than their own men." kek
some things never change
This is the first time I’ve heard an account of the battle from someone who witnessed the battle firsthand.
Very rare indeed
This is excellent.
"The women loved us very much more than their own men."
As a white guy of European descent living in the Philippines that line almost killed me. My god Filipino women are something else. They have been like that literally from the very beginning, and to such an extent that they felt the need to comment on it in their records. Amazing.
Same goes with other Asian countries and vise versa. In Japan and Korea they like white people from western countries. Prolly since it's different.
It's the same how black men love white women more than they love black women, or how Arab men love European women etc
People love what's different, they get bored of the same old same old.
Also, for women, they have hypergamy.
I like his voice it's calming.
It was very brave of Magellan to approach them, since everyone knows that Filipino's are the most powerful race.
Filipino is not a race.
lol they sure don't seem powerful, the portuguese perhaps, but not the filipinos, they waisted a potential good ally and got the tyrants, 😜 chose wrong!!! not powerful at all, learn with your mistakes.
Buteos *wasted
@Goliath Online Bruh moment.
Good joke man
I love these
"omg the women are gorgeous!!" 😍
El Commander: We're staying! comprende muchachos?!!
Amigos: Si! Si hefe!! We stay!
*everyone cheers.... except the locals
Nicholas Thompson Magellan was portuguese and his real name was Fernão de Magalhães not Ferdinand Magellan.
@@dinis8271 most of his crew was Spaniard tho, and this voyage was "sponsored" by Spain too.
@@JL0017 en España se llama Fernando de Magallanes
@@SpanishDio The chronicler's an Italian and one the missionaries was Polish
Jefe (proper spelling amigo)
No greater death than that of an honorable officer who put his troops first.
Thank you for this content, man. I only knew Magellan through the biased education I had. He is widely considered in the Philippines as the first national hero to fight the Spaniards here, and never got anymore interested in it. Watching this makes me feel like this was a great tragedy for the Philippines and Tthe Spanish Navigators. Had the circumstances been different, had Lapu-lapu and Magellan not met at their fateful day, our country would've went on a different road to modernization, saving our country from many centuries of suffering.
This is not how and why this occurred.
Magellan fighting the Spaniards?
@@captmack007 Some parts may have been exaggerated but this is how it mostly happened
Lapu-Lapu is originally a Bornean Prince that asked for some land with the Chief of Cebu. Ofcourse since Borneo was a powerhouse at this time, Rajah Humabon wants to get in the good sides of Borneo and so adopted Lapu-Lapu and gave him the island opposite of Cebu.
However, he used it as a base of operations of his piracy business and since then became a thorn on the side of the safety of Cebu, thus when Magellan came to Cebu - he was greeted with open arms by Rajah Humabon.
Lapu-Lapu is neither Filipino nor a Hero. However, his incident with Magellan earned him this title because he was a convenient archetype to the Filipino Identity.
It is noteworthy that the idea of a united Philippines never came to be until the Spanish arrived. That is why we have no term for ourselves as a united nation, pre-colonization. We were identified as Bisaya, Tagalog or whatever tribal affiliation we had.
@@mosesracal6758 basically, Rajah Humabon gambled on these strangers from across the ocean to oust Lapu-Lapu at no cost.
If Magellan succeeded, both sides would stand to gain, Rajah Humabon specially. Joining a new faith to gain a free ally isn't such a bad deal. He got rid of a thorn on his side, and he would gain a powerful ally. Rajah Humabon probably had no intention of following through his pledge on the Christian cross. He most likely didn't even believe in it, let alone understand the teachings of Christ.
If Magellan didn't succeed, however, then Rajah didn't loose anything, he didn't sacrifice his men. But of course, he'd still have an angry Lapu-Lapu raiding his land.
Magellan was willing to help because he wanted to improve his country's relations with the locals, in the best interest of Spain, but he lost.
I'm gonna play the devil's advocate here. If Magellan had asked for additional troops from Rajah Humabon, he'd stand a chance to win against Lapu-Lapu's troops.
Where is Lapu-lapu warrior of mactan who fight portoguese and spaniards and killed Ferdinand magellan . Europe have vikings and Asia have Pintados (Visaya) from Philippines.
There was a time in the history of the world when the Chinese trembled when they heard the word Pi-she-yeh (Visayas), referring to the country and people of the eponymous region in the Philippines. Whenever word reached them of an incoming attack from Pi-she-yeh, they immediately retreated.
And they were right to be afraid.
A Chinese government official named Chau Ju-Kua was the first to document the Visayans as “ferocious raiders of China’s Fukien coast” who were thought to come from the islands south of Taiwan. At first, the Chinese thought the raiders were barbarians from Taiwan, but wondered whether they could be foreigners because they looked different and spoke a different language.
In the 12th century, ancient Filipinos had earned a status of notoriety as masters of the sea and expert raiders. Their appearance on any shore was an ominous sign of impending catastrophe: Balanghay ships from the Visayas would carry hordes of ancient tattooed warriors known as Pintados, who would ransack and pillage every house in sight.
I hope you make a video about Pi-she-yeh ancient filipino warriors ❤️
I may be mistaken but at 11:51 when the narrator stated when andreas pigafetta said "they slew our mirror our guide"...wasn't the same quote uttered about the slain General Charles "Chinese" gordon at the battle of khartoum when he fought against muhammad ahmad al-mahdi in what is known as the mahdist rebellion!?
Ohhh thank you!!!
Magellan: Burn their houses to terrify them.
Lapulapu: I'm going to end this guy's whole career
Sailors: captain died heroically trying to terrorize the natives. He was a good man.
꧂Oddish꧂ you actually missed the point, negotiations were going fine until the spanish interacted with the 2 parties...consequence was instead of being a portuguese trading port like so many in the pacific islands and India it became a spanish colony, sounds like they were better with the portuguese, just sayin 😉
@@buteos8632 the Portuguese suck at colonizing.
Chad Spanish conquistador> Virgin Portuguese Tericos
Wow that was incredible
Addition to Filipino pre colonial vocabulary
"umay", rice 🍚
"uraka", palm wine 🥥🍷
"palmito" coconut (although, I find this weird)
ᜈᜄ᜔ᜉᜉᜐᜒᜃᜆ᜔ ᜎᜅ᜔ ᜀᜃᜓ ᜐ ᜋ᜔ᜅ ᜇᜒ ᜋᜃᜊᜐ᜵ ᜁᜈᜀᜇᜎ᜔ ᜃᜓ ᜉ ᜆᜓ᜶
1521, wow this letter was written exactly 500 years ago