Magellan's Marker
Coral-stone obelisk marking the beach where a pioneering circumnavigator fell.
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This guide to Magellan's Marker on Mactan Island centers on dawn, April 27, 1521, when Ferdinand Magellan waded ashore with a small force of armored men to force a local chieftain named Lapu-Lapu to submit to Spain. It covers Magellan's miscalculation of the tide, the size of the force waiting for him on the beach, and the offer Rajah Humabon later made to recover what was left behind. The guide also looks at the coral-stone obelisk raised centuries later and the words carved into its base, a strange claim for the losing side to make.
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