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Henrique, Heinrich. Enrique of Malacca ( Spanish: Enrique de Malaca; Portuguese: Henrique de Malaca; Malay: Awang Hitam ), was a Malay member of the Magellan expedition that completed the first circumnavigation of the world in 1519–1522. He was acquired as a slave by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1511 at the age of 14 years ...
Route taken by the expedition, with milestones marked. The Magellan expedition, sometimes termed the Magellan–Elcano expedition, [1] was a 16th-century Spanish expedition planned and led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. One of the most important voyages in the Age of Discovery —and in the history of exploration —its purpose was ...
Ferdinand Magellan [a] ( c. 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese [3] explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519–22 Spanish expedition to the East Indies, which achieved the first circumnavigation of Earth in history. During the expedition, he also discovered the Strait of Magellan, allowing his fleet to pass from the Atlantic ...
Henry the Black. Henry the Black may refer to: Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1017–1056) Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria (died 1126) Enrique of Malacca, a servant of Ferdinand Magellan.
English. Elcano & Magellan: The First Voyage Around the World ( Spanish: Elcano y Magallanes: La primera vuelta al mundo, Portuguese: Elcano e Magalhães: A Primeira Volta ao Mundo) is a 2019 Spanish animated adventure film directed by Ángel Alonso and written by José Antonio Vitoria and Garbiñe Losana. The film retells the story of 1519 ...
Enrique of Malacca, a Malaccan Malay who accompanied the Portuguese conquistador Ferdinand Magellan to Cebu, was a convert to Roman Catholicism, though he wasn't converted in the Philippines and was already a Catholic convert upon arrival.
The Capture of Malacca in 1511 occurred when the governor of Portuguese India Afonso de Albuquerque conquered the city of Malacca in 1511. The port city of Malacca controlled the narrow, strategic Strait of Malacca, through which all seagoing trade between China and India was concentrated. [8] The capture of Malacca was the result of a plan by ...
The meeting between Rajah Humabon and Enrique of Malacca, the slave accompanying Magellan's voyage, was documented by Antonio Pigafetta and Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi and is evidence that Old Malay was understood in parts of what is now the Philippines [citation needed]. Conversion to Catholicism, betrayal of Magellan's crew