For the Spanish, on the other hand, Magellan's expedition prompted a chain of events that resulted in the colonisation of the Philippines and brought some noted Englishmen into the Pacific.
The aftermath of Magellan's expedition brought Spanish expeditions into the neighbourhood. If things had worked out differently, Australia's east coast might not have remained "undiscovered" until 1770.
By the time Magellan reached the Philippines, he had two of his original five ships left. After Magellan died in an ambush on the island of Mactan in April 1521, the expedition split in two.
Juan Sebastian del Cano brought the more seaworthy vessel back to Spain through the Portuguese hemisphere.
The Victoria docked at Seville in September 1522, leaking in every seam, after a four and a half year voyage that covered some eighty thousand kilometres. Of the 237 men who had set out with Magellan, eighteen remained. Another thirteen who fell into Portuguese hands when they went ashore at the Cape Verde Islands arrived a little later.
A further handful remained in the Moluccas with the less seaworthy Trinidad.
After their attempts to make their way back across the Pacific failed, the survivors surrendered to a Portuguese force sent to arrest them at Ternate. Four or five of them eventually made their way home via Portuguese prisons.