Editing Battle of Mactan (section)

== Magellan's Death: according to Antonio Pigafetta's Journal ==
The only known primary source of the [[Magellan expedition]], titled the ''Primo viaggio intorno al mondo'' (English: First Voyage Around the World), contains Pigafetta's personal recount and vivid description of [[Ferdinand Magellan|Ferdinand Magellan's]] death.
[[File:Journal of Magellan's Voyage WDL3082.pdf|thumb|193x193px|A manuscript of the original copy of ''Primo viaggio intorno al mondo'' - written by Pigafetta between 1522-1525]]
As said in ''EyeWitness to history'',<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The Death of Magellan, 1521 |url=http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/magellan.htm |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=www.eyewitnesstohistory.com}}</ref> Pigafetta writes that Magellan, in an attempt to show off his power and scare the local Mactan tribes into obedience, took most of his men to storm the beach and attack the natives. He ordered the men on his ship to fire upon the natives with their muskets and cannons, however, Magellan made a strategic error, not taking into account the reef that stands between the beach and his ship. The distance to the ship is too great, so the cannons and muskets were not able to reach the natives. 
[[File:Magellans death.jpg|left|thumb|312x312px|Ferdinand Magellan's final stand]]
Upon seeing this, the furious Mactans fired arrows back at Magellan. His response was sending a couple men to burn down the natives' houses. This only further enraged the natives, causing them to rush Magellan's men and hurl spears and arrows at the Spaniards' vulnerable legs. Amidst the chaos, Magellan's right leg was wounded with a poisoned arrow. He then ordered his men to retreat, but they ignored him and continued engaged in the battle. 

With both parties refusing to back down, the battle lasted for over an hour. After Magellan sustained a significant injury to his arm, the natives focused their attack on him. After being wounded in his left leg, Magellan collapsed. Multiple Mactan warriors then rushed him with their spears and killed the captain.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Pigafetta |first=Antonio |title=The first voyage around the world, 1519-1522: an account of Magellan's expedition |last2=Cachey |first2=Theodore J. |date=2007 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |others=Gibson Library Connections, Inc |isbn=978-1-4426-8492-8 |series=Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library series |location=Toronto [Ont.]}}</ref>

===Aftermath===
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Datu Lapulapu's warriors recovered the body of Magellan. Humabon demanded the bodies of Magellan and of some of Magellan's dead crew, in return for as much merchandise as the warriors wished, but they refused.

Some of the soldiers who survived the battle and returned to Cebu were poisoned at a feast given by Humabon. Magellan was succeeded by [[Juan Sebastián Elcano]] as commander of the expedition. After Humabon's betrayal, he ordered an immediate departure. Elcano and his fleet sailed west. They reached Spain in 1522, completing the first [[circumnavigation]] of the world.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Berasaluze |first=Gari |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/863179867 |title=Elkano: itsasoak emandako bizitza |date=2008 |publisher=Txalaparta |others=Dani Fano |isbn=978-84-8136-535-1 |edition=1. argit |location=Tafalla |oclc=863179867}}</ref>