Miguel López de Legazpi (1502 — August 20, 1572), also known as El Adelantado (The Governor) and El Viejo (The Elder), was a Spanish conquistador who established one of the first European settlements in the East Indies and the Pacific Islands in 1565. After obtaining peace with...

Miguel Lopez de Legazpi led the Spanish expedition which successfully established a colonial foothold in the Philippines after several failed attempts.

Legazpi City - to perpetuate the name of DON MIGUEL LOPEZ DE LEGAZPI, conquistador and first Spanish governor General in the Philippines.

Legazpi, Miguel Lopez de, 1524-1572 ; Spanish Conquistador. . Took command of the 1564-1565 expedition from Mexico to the Philippines. He began the comnquest on Cebu;

Legazpi City is encompassed by beautiful scenery with the bay on one side and a volcanic mountain range on the other. ... Legazpi City: A Historical Philippine Destination

Leyte and Samar were natural harbors for ancient seafarers, including Ferdinand Magellan in 1521, Ruy Lopez de Villalobos in 1583 and Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in 1564. From Seasite, Northern Illinois ...

The arrival of the expedition of Don Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and Fray Andres de Urdaneta on April 28, 1565 marked the Christianization of the Philippines as well as the colonization of Cebu by the ...

The oldest city in the Philippines is Cebu City, the site of the earliest European settlement in the country established by Spanish conqueror Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in 1565. It was also here that the ...

Sacred Treasures of the Archdiocese of Cebu ... San Miguel el Arcángel (Argao) ... Monument to Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

The Spanish colonization started when Miguel Lopez de Legazpi landed in ; Cebu in 1565. Spain's King Philip II appointed him as the Philippine's first ;