Departing Spain on September 20, 1519,[3] the expedition attempted to find a route around South America to the Malukus, or Spice Islands, in present-day Indonesia.

However, the Concepción itself did not finish the voyage, and was scuttled in the Philippines on May 2, 1521, shortly after Ferdinand Magellan himself died in the Battle of Mactan.

[5] Leaving Seville on August 10, 1519, the Concepción's crew consisted of 44 men under Captain Gaspar de Quesada.

However, other sources say that the Cebu raja Humabon decided to poison the Spanish because they did attempt to rape the native women.

With too few men and supplies to keep it repaired and manned, and its hull infested by worms,[6] the expedition's new leader João Lopes Carvalho ordered the Concepción, the least seaworthy, to be abandoned and burnt.