Where was Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan killed in 1521?

The story behind the answer

Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines, specifically at the Battle of Mactan on April 27, 1521. He died while trying to support a local chief against Lapu-Lapu, the island’s leader, who resisted Spanish interference. Not Guam (his first Pacific landfall), not Argentina (where he found the Strait of Magellan), and not the Canary Islands (a resupply stop).

Magellan led the first expedition to sail from Europe westward toward the Spice Islands, naming the Pacific Ocean “Mar Pacífico” for its calm waters. Though Magellan died in the Philippines, his crew—led by Juan Sebastián Elcano—completed the first circumnavigation in 1522. Memory tip: “Magellan met his end in Mactan,” and “Lapu-Lapu in the Philippines” marks the site.