Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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April 1521: Ferdinand Magellan's expedition reaches Cebu and strikes an alliance with the local Rajah — but one island refuses to submit. Datu Lapu-Lapu of Mactan stands against Spanish and Christian authority, and the confrontation that follows costs the world's most famous explorer his life. Discover the Battle of Mactan, remembered today as the first successful resistance to European colonialism in the Philippines, and the origin of the country's first national hero.

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