Battle of Maktan, Magellan-Humabon vs Lupalupa

[priesteria]

On April 7, 1521, Ferdinand Magellan's naval fleet arrived at Subu, now Cebu. Upon landing, Magellan planted a wooden cross. The Chieftain of cebu Alimontay Humabon welcomed Magellan in a friendly manner. Magellan baptized the natives led by their "King" Humabon and his wife into Christian religion. Following the baptismal rites, Magellan presented an image of the Infant Jesus to Humabon's wife.

On the other hand Chieftain Tanday Lupalupa of Maktan opposite Cebu observed with suspicion the arrival of the Spaniards. Tanday Lupalupa is the actual name of the Mactan hero we know as Lapulapu. Tanday Lupalupa, is a Visayan-Hiligaynon phrase meaning, an overlapping piece of land. Lapulapu is meaningless.

Learning about the unsympathetic attitude of the natives of Maktan and of their chieftain, Magellan and his principal men developed an inimical feeling against them.


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[trailhawk]

I was not born in 1521 and I do not have an iota of how Lapulapu became Lupalupa. All I know is he was a sea raider and married a Maranaw princess who made his base in Maktan that is strategic to his pillaging endeavours. Maktan is not in Mactan but in Camotes. Magellan sailed a fortnight to reach that place from Cebu remember?

[priesteria]

Lupalupa, Kalipulako, Lapulapu, may be Trailhawk and many more. That article is based on Isidro Escare Abeto's book. I would suggest asking him about where Maktan was.