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Miguel López de Legazpi was a Spanish explorer who established Spain’s dominion over the Philippines that lasted until the Spanish-American War of 1898. Legazpi went to New Spain (Mexico) in 1545, serving for a time as clerk in the local government.
Miguel López de Legazpi (12 June 1502 – 20 August 1572), also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo (The Elder), was a Spanish conquistador who financed and led an expedition to conquer the Philippine islands in the mid-16th century.
February 13, 1565, Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi and his troops arrived in the Philippines and landed on the shores of Cibabao (present day Samar island).
Jun 30, 2014 · Miguel López de Legazpi’s (b. 1502–d. 1572) conquest of Manila in 1571 ushered in a 327-year epoch of Castilian rule in the Philippine Islands, but his actions also created unintended historical by-products that made the undertaking dissimilar to any other colony in the Spanish empire.
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi (Zumárraga, Basque Country, 1503 – Manila, Philipines, 20 August 1572), known as «el Adelantado» and «el Viejo» (the Elder), was an admiral and governor of the 16th Century, the first governor of the Captaincy General of the Philippines and the founder of the cities of Cebu (1565) and Manila (1571).
Feb 29, 2004 · Miguel López de Legazpi was a conquistador without a sword, a warrior who won the islands of the Philippines through loyalty and kind words rather than deception and military vehemence.
Miguel López de Legazpi. 1510-1572. Spanish explorer who claimed Spanish control over the Philippines. Legazpi left Spain for Mexico (then called New Spain) in 1545, where he served as a clerk in its local government.
Oct 1, 2021 · For six years, the Spaniards, led by Miguel López de Legazpi, struggled to keep the expedition from failing by relying on local alliances for sustenance. In 1569, Legazpi wrote: “The Philippines ought
Writings and the colonization of the Philippines by explores the nature of the initial conquest of the Philippines undertaken by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi from his arrival to the archipelago in 1565 to his demise on August 20, 1572.
Forty-four years later, a Spanish expedition led by Miguel López de Legazpi left modern Mexico and began the Spanish conquest of the Philippines. Legazpi's expedition arrived in the Philippines in 1565, during the reign of Philip II of Spain, whose name has remained attached to the country.
