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Martín de Goiti

d. 1574 · 16th century

Martín de Goiti was a Basque conquistador who served under Miguel López de Legazpi in the Spanish conquest of the Philippines. In 1570 he led an expedition to Manila that clashed with Rajah Sulayman and burned the town, and in 1571 he defeated a Tagalog and Kapampangan fleet at Bangkusay. He was killed in 1574 during the attack of the Chinese corsair Limahong on Manila.

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Kingdom of Maynila

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Martín de Goiti. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/martin-de-goiti
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