Mendaña’s Pacific expeditions

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Mendaña’s Pacific expeditions were late 16th-century Spanish voyages led by Álvaro de Mendaña that sought to explore and claim vast, largely unknown regions of the South Pacific for the Spanish Crown.

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instanceOf Age of Discovery voyage
Spanish maritime expedition
associatedNavigator Pedro Fernández de Quirós NERFINISHED
Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa NERFINISHED
claimedFor Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED
Spanish Empire NERFINISHED
consequence contributed to European knowledge of Oceania
stimulated later Spanish Pacific voyages
deathOfLeader Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira died during the second voyage in 1595 NERFINISHED
discovered Marquesas Islands NERFINISHED
Santa Cruz Islands NERFINISHED
Solomon Islands NERFINISHED
endYear 1595
firstVoyageYear 1567
flag Spain NERFINISHED
historicalContext Spanish expansion after conquest of Peru
competition with Portugal in the Pacific
leader Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira NERFINISHED
legacy early European contact with several Melanesian and Polynesian island groups
influenced later voyage of Pedro Fernández de Quirós
notableShip Los Reyes NERFINISHED
San Jerónimo NERFINISHED
Santa Isabel NERFINISHED
Todos los Santos NERFINISHED
numberOfMajorVoyages 2
originPort Callao NERFINISHED
originTerritory Viceroyalty of Peru NERFINISHED
patron Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED
purpose claim new lands for Spain
exploration of the South Pacific Ocean
search for Terra Australis
spread Christianity
territorial expansion of the Spanish Empire
regionExplored Marquesas Islands region NERFINISHED
Santa Cruz Islands region NERFINISHED
Solomon Islands region NERFINISHED
South Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
relatedTo Spanish exploration of the Pacific
search for Terra Australis Incognita
religiousRole Catholic missionary activity
result extension of Spanish influence into the Pacific
no permanent Spanish colonies established in the Solomon Islands
partial mapping of the southwest Pacific
secondVoyageYear 1595
sponsor Spanish Crown NERFINISHED
startYear 1567
timePeriod late 16th century

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