Miguel López de Legazpi (1502 – August 20, 1572), also known as El Adelantado

Adelantado

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and El Viejo (The Elder), was a Spanish

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 conquistador

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 who established one of the first European settlements in the East Indies

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 and the Pacific Islands

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 in 1565. He is the first Governor-General in the Philippines (formerly known as Spanish East Indies). After obtaining peace with various indigenous tribes, López de Legazpi made the Philippines

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 the capital of the Spanish East Indies

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 in 1571.
King Felipe II ordered an expedition to the Philippines when he was the king of Spain in 1556.
Adelanto (Governor) Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, a member of the city council in Mexico was the
one who led the expedition.