Mendaña de Neira, Alvaro de, 1542?-1595
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Name (Hebrew)
מנדניה, אלברו דה
Name (Latin)
Mendaña de Neira, Alvaro de, 1542?-1595
Other forms of name
Mendaña de Neira, Álvaro, d. 1595
De Mendaña de Neira, Alvaro, 1542?-1595
De Neira, Alvaro de Mendaña, 1542?-1595
Mendaña y Neira, Alvaro de, 1542?-1595
Mendaña, Alvaro de, 1542?-1595
Neira, Alvaro de Mendaña de, 1542?-1595
Date of birth
1541-10-01
Date of death
1595-10-18
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- El entorno de Isabel Barreto Castro de Mendaña y su viaje hacia las Islas Salomón, 1595-1596, 1995:p. i (Alvaro de Mendaña) p. v (Alvaro de Mendaña y Neira) p. 29 (b. between 1542 and 1544, in Neira, Lugo Province) p. 30 (discovered the Solomon Islands, Feb. 7, 1568) p. 105-106 (d. Oct. 18, 1595, in the Solomon Islands)
- Queirós, P.F. de. Descubrimiento de las regiones austriales, 1986:p. 15, etc. (Alvaro de Mendaña de Neira; b. ca. 1542)
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Alvaro de Mendaña de Neyra
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Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira (or Neyra) (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾo ðe menˈdaɲa i ˈnejɾa]; 1 October 1542 – 18 October 1595) was a Spanish navigator, explorer, and cartographer, best known for two of the earliest recorded expeditions across the Pacific Ocean in 1567 and 1595. His voyages led to the discovery of the Marquesas, Cook Islands, and Solomons among other archipelagos. Born in Congosto, in El Bierzo Region (León), he was the nephew of Lope García de Castro, viceroy of Peru.
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