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<img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.kahimyang.com/resources/Luna/the_blood_compact_Juan_Luna.webp" class="image_250 ui-corner-all" alt="Blood compact between Sikatuna and  Miguel Lopez de Legazpi by Juan Luna" />
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(Juan Luna's illustration of the blood compact  between Sikatuna and  Miguel Lopez de Legazpi)
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Earlier, more than 40 years after Ferdinand Magellan died in the Battle of Mactan in Cebu, Legazpi was ordered by Spain in 1564 to launch an expedition to establish colonies and to pick up a lucrative spice trade.
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After almost a year of sailing, the Legazpi expedition reached the Philippines and landed first on the island of Cibabao (present day Samar) but failed to settle there.
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He and his companions went off to sail south, to the direction of Mindanao, but due to the winds, his ship was forced to take the route back to the Visayas.
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Legazpi landed on the shores of Bohol, but they were given a hostile welcome by the Boholanos, who mistook them as Portuguese who had come to plunder and kill.
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March 25, 1565: blood compact was made between Sikatuna and Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in Loay, Bohol