First European Description of Philippines (1521) // Magellan's Last Days // Pigafetta Primary Source 

On Monday, it will have been 499 years since that battle was fought.

"It has a taste... urghhh... resembling the almond" Magellan sure hated almonds lol.

"...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.

Philippines: get mentioned I can already see them coming. The Filipinos. *THEY ARE COMING.*

“I asked many, young and old, to see their privies...” 🤔

Magellen was having a heated gamer moment.

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."

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.

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Suggestion for a video - The Russians' first encounter with Native Siberians.

In their language they called the wine Uraka. In my language, wine made from coconut palm is called Araka. Greeting Filipinos, from India.

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 😂

Last time I was this early the Philippines was still a Spanish colony.

5:10 "they're woman like us very much more than their own men", yep that is philipines

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.

Lmao. Magellan asking peeps to show their junk.

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.

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"

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!

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'm part Filipino, so hearing about the pre-colonial Philippines was really interesting. Thanks for covering this!

I love the phillipines as a kiwi, amazing place would have been a paradise for those men after months at sea.

These are really interesting my dude

THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL EPISODE 😍😍😍😍

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.

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"Hey Native! Come here and lemme see your junk! Come on, now!" Sounds like a great guy.

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.

Oh shit, he mentioned the Philippines. And I'm part Filipino. Time to comment!

This only describes the Visayans. Would love to hear some accounts about Tagalogs from late 16th and early 17th century.

Humay still means (unhusked)rice in Cebuano today. I wonder how my language evolved in 500 years.

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

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.

I've been waiting for you to feature my country

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 😉🙂💖

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.

Pilipino was never weak...just because you were welcome nicely doesn’t mean they are weak!

great video

I love this channel.

4:17 "Can I see your privy"? Oh the gall!

Haha sponsored by Magellan. Just right for the video.Perfect looks like the landed at our Island, PH.

wow thanks for highlighting my culture im great fan of your content.....our island is near samar

Today 501 years after that battle here I sit in the USA listening to the account of such day, thank you!!!!

The black bird is an aswang. The natives feared that it will consume the cadaver.

Despite i'm struggeling quiet hard to follow this kind of english, i'm absolutely fascinated about this report/'s !!!

This is excellent.

Love it when my favorite channel featured the Battle of Mactan.

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.

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

This was incredible. I'm glad that the Captain's gallantry went down in history.

I love these

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

Magellan: "say what!? Show me your privies!!" Well hey, at least there was no bloodshed...oh....never mind... Oh captain my captain! Truly heroic.

Ohhh thank you!!!

I wonder if there's any "First Description of Europeans" you can make a video on

"The women loved us much more than their own men"... YOU CANNOT DENY THE LOCAL CUSTOMS!

Alternative channel name idea: The Handsome Historian

Wow that was incredible

5:08 says a lot really until today

Really interesting story, more Filipino ones please

please do the first Portuguese description of Indonesian/Javanese/Nusantara people 🙏🙏🙏

Good stuff

Magellan: I’m gonna launch an amphibious assault. Lapu Lapu: So you’ve chosen death.

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.

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.

It's amazing that we had a rich history pre colonial times. Greetings from Cebu, near mactan where the battle was fought

it was not Magellan asking to check the men's pyruvate parts, it was Antonio Pigafetta.

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!?

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...

please more of this! maybe also about the Dutch in Japan or the East India Company.

Can you find any sources from Marco Polo?

A video about Magalhães on 25 april, nice

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.

I like his voice it's calming.

Exquisite.

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...."

Filipino here, and here's a spoiler: The earth is not flat and *M a g e l l a n d i e s*

Oh man, your cat chimed in at the perfect time!

Wow what a tale. War never changes.

Now I'm sad that Magellan is no longer with us. 😥😥😥

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?

Ethnocentrism (the anthropological term) infuses excess confidence, especially when your side seems to have the apparent advantage. But well, there is a short game and a long game.

Please do Suma Oriental by Tomé Pires too! ☺️

Could you do video about the battle of Cagayan.

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: 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️

any chance of doing Francisco de Orellana account of his trip up the amazon river? :)

Such a great channel 😍

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.

90% of comments: LOOK OUT THE FILIPINOS!!!!!! 10% of comments: history of Philippines. 0% of comments: the Filipinos

Nice, please more Europeans accounts of people of Asia and the middle east.

Four days ago, March 16, 2021 is the 500th anniversary of this, the first European contact to native Filipinos.

Es interesante escuchar el relato de Pigafetta sobre como el todo sucedió. Me molesta que siempre se dice cuando yo era niño que solo Lapulapu mató Magellan...

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

you have called upon us!! 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

You should consider covering the second half of the travel back to Spain.

Me: "hmm a magellan exploration video" *plays vid but looks away for a moment* *this video is sponsored by Magellan* "wh-what?"

RIP the captain. Those natives sure gave them a fight.

1521, wow this letter was written exactly 500 years ago

No greater death than that of an honorable officer who put his troops first.