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Limasawa IslandIn 1521, Rajah Calambu of Limasawa Island in the Philippines managed to guide the ships of Magellan, a potential threat,safely pahis island to the more powerful chieftain on C ebu, where Magellan landed on April 7 1521.

The Spanish meet the Rajahs 1521

Rajah Humabon of Cebu clearly understood the political implications; Magellan represented Spain, a potential invader, and adroitlysteered the power of Magellan to his enemy on Mactan. Magellan had indentured a Malay interpreter during an earlier voyage, andcould thus understand the Rajahs.

Gold was a powerful lure to the Spanish. The Spanish observed that the Rajahs of the Philippines showed their status by wearingseveral pounds of gold ornaments. Antonio Pigafetta, one of the 18 to complete the firstvoyage around the globe, remarks on thesplendor ofthe Palace of Brunei in Borneo, where the three ships of Magellan sailed after Magellan died on Mactan.

Although Magellan died on his second trip to the islands of Southeast Asia, the charts of one of his ships, the Victoria, were delivered

Seville upon the completion of the first voyage around the globe in 1522. The Spanish returned in force to Cebu, and conquered theislands for Spain in later decades.

Before 1521: the Rajahs and the Sultans

The Hindu kingdoms of Srivijaya , Singhasari, and then Majapahit had warred for the previous centuries.The Sultanate ofMalacca, on the eastern side of the Straitof Malacca, was a historical enemy of the Majapahit Empire; the Sultanate wasfounded by a former Hindu-Buddhist Rajah of Srivijaya in Sumatra by 1400, who had converted to Islam in 1414. By 1450 AJohore-born Arab adventurer, Shari'ful Hashem Syed Abu Bak'r,arrived in Sulu from Malacca; He married Param Isuli, daughof Raja Baguinda of Sulu, and founded The Royal Sultanate of Sulu in 1457In the Ming dynasty, Yung Lo sent away his daughter Hang Li-po and a court of five-hundred ladies to Malaccan Sultan MansShah in 14591470 Muslim conquestof the Madjapahit Empire.1473-1521 Sultan Bulkeiah of Brunei holds hegemony over North Borneo, Sarawak,Indonesia Balabac,Banggi, Palawan anSultanate of Sulu1509 Bengali Putih and Diego Lopez deSequeira with a squadron of five Portuguese warships settle in Malacca (FerdinandMagellan was said to be a member of this expedition).1511 The Sultanate of Malacca falls. Portuguese privateer Alfonso deAlbuquerque capture Malacca from deSequeira andreports Muslim trading vessels from Sulu anchored in Malacca

The Sultan of Ternate in the Spice Islands had concluded an alliance with the PortugeseThe Sultan of Tidore in the Spice Islands was a rival of Ternate; thus Magellan's ships were able to trade with Tidore; this vitainformation must have come from the visits of the Spanish before arriving in Tidore.1512 Portuguese sailors land on Mindanao.

Alliances in Southeast Asia, 1521

Thus as of 1521 the alliances in Southeast Asia at the time are currently understood to be:

Limasawa (Rajah Calambu) was an ally of CebuCebu (Rajah Humabon) was an enemy of Lapu-Lapu of MactanBrunei in Borneo was a historical tributary of Majapahit in Java, but more likely a sympathetic trading partner ofthe formerSultanate of Malacca

The tribute to Majapahit was a jar of a certain palm nutoil.Note that this does not preclude other trading agreements.

Bruneihad only recently fortified the mouth of the river to the Palace, before the visit of Magellan's ships; his Chineseengineers accomplished this by sinking 40 Chinese j unks filled with rock

Manila was possibly a tributary of Brunei in Borneo

1521 Rajah Calambu ofLimasawa was brother of Rajah Siagu ofButuan

1521 Rajah Siagu was chief of ManoboApril 13,1521 Rajah Humabon, his family,and 800 Sugboanons converted to Roman Catholicism before Magellan and his paand immediately declared the "enemies of the church" the growing Muslim community headed by Caliph Pulaka ( Lapu-LapuFilipinos) on Mactan Island.After Magellan's death, Humabon renounces his conversion.

Impact on Southeast Asia from 1521, forward

However this was only a part of the global picture, from the current perspective:

Spain and Portugal were rivals in the race to exploit Southeast AsiaPortugal was to become a province of Spain, thus ending the race for exploitation.Spain was destined to lose the Philippines in the 19th century to the US, which would cede the archipelago after World War IIHolland was destined to become independent of Spain, and in the future, would take Indonesia, and lose itin the 20th centurEngland was destined to take Malaya in later centuries. Several times England would try to take islands of Southeast Asia,via

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Sultanate of Sulu Timeline 1470-20th Century

See the history in Sultanate of Sulu, Philippines

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