Once Magellan and his crew landed in the Philippines, they made contact with one of the tribes living there, and because Magellan’s men had not had the company of a female for three years, they decided to fornicate with anything that was female. In the beginning, this had only been a minor problem for the men of the tribe, it is thought that women did not object to these advances and they were all single. While Magellan’s men relieved themselves of their frustration, Magellan had taken it upon himself to begin converting Filipinos to Christianity, within a week, everyone in Cebu was a Christian. Not only did Magellan convert everyone to Christianity but he also expected the people of Cebu to accept Spanish …show more content…
They felt that Magellan was getting in over his head, they were worried that there would come a time when Magellan would not be able to perform his miraculous healing and everyone would begin to doubt him. To prove his strength, and at the persuasion of Rajah Humabon, Magellan decided to go to war against Datu Lapu-Lapu with a crew of under skilled workers as soldiers. Needless to say, Magellan was, quite literally, torn to pieces. Not only was Magellan dead, but the men of Cebu had also become fed up with the crew of Magellan impregnating their women, they had moved on from single ladies to married women and naturally, husbands were unhappy about this. What was left of Magellan’s crew hopped on their boat and made their way back to