Did This Slave Beat Magellan? The Story of Enrique de Malacca

Ferdinand Magellan is credited with leading the first circumnavigation of the world. But what if that story is only half true? This is the forgotten journey of Enrique de Malacca—a Southeast Asian slave-turned-interpreter who may have achieved the first global voyage before any European. 🎥 Join my channel! - https://youtube.com/kirbyaraullo/join 🔔 Subscribe - http://goo.gl/yDgQmK 🍿Be my Patron -   / kirbynoodle   📚 Books, merch, etc. - https://www.kirbyaraullo.com/books Related Videos & Playlists: 🌞 Precolonial & Early Philippine History https://bit.ly/EarlyPhilippines 🌏 Demystifying Southeast Asia - https://bit.ly/KnowSoutheastAsia 🔥 ‘Discovery’ & Conquest of the Philippines: https://bit.ly/DiscoveringPH 📌 Topics Covered in This Video: 00:00 History Was Wrong? Meet Enrique de Malacca 01:04 Who Was Enrique de Malacca? 03:01 Filipino, Malaysian, or Indonesian? 05:30 The Mission Couldn’t Survive Without Him 09:04 Magellan’s Promise Was Broken 10:10 Betrayal or Survival? The Cebu Massacre 11:54 He Vanished—Or Completed History’s First World Tour? 14:13 Enrique de Malacca vs Elcano: Who Circled the World First? 17:07 The Erased Legacy of a Southeast Asian Hero 18:31 More Hidden Figures Who Changed Colonial History 19:42 Should Enrique Be Recognized as the First Circumnavigator? 📺 About This Video: 📖 In this in-depth documentary, we uncover: ✅ Enrique’s early life and possible Filipino roots ✅ His critical role as Magellan’s translator and cultural bridge ✅ Why Magellan promised to free him—and how the Spanish betrayed that promise ✅ How Enrique survived the Battle of Mactan and mysteriously vanished ✅ Competing theories: Was Enrique Malay, Indonesian… or Filipino? ✅ Did he escape back to Malacca—completing the world’s first circumnavigation? ⚔️ Colonial history tried to bury his story. But today, we bring it back. ☀️ About Kirby: Kirby Araullo is a distinguished Filipino American historian, culture bearer, and content creator based in California. He is a direct descendant of the indigenous Paramount Kings of Luzon—Lakandúlâ of Tondo and Rája Matandá of Maynílâ—as well as the anti-colonial Katipuneros and World War II Guerilyeras who fought for Philippine liberation. His rich heritage also includes Kapampángan, Tagálog, Indigenous Áytá, Pangasinan, and Spanish-Basque-Portuguese-Irish Mestizo roots. Kirby co-founded the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies at the University of California, Davis, where he has authored works on Asian American, Philippine, and Southeast Asian histories. With education from UC Davis and Harvard University, Kirby teaches Filipino history and culture through indigenous scripts like Kulitan and Baybayin. His popular YouTube channel features educational content on historical narratives and cultural insights, attracting a global audience eager to explore Filipino and Southeast Asian histories, and the stories of revolutionaries and freedom fighters from the Philippines.