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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Age of Discovery voyage
Spanish maritime expedition
associatedNavigator Pedro Fernández de Quirós
Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa
claimedFor Kingdom of Spain
Spanish Empire
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
discovered Marquesas Islands
Santa Cruz Islands
Solomon Islands
endYear 1595
firstVoyageYear 1567
flag Spain
historicalContext Spanish expansion after conquest of Peru
competition with Portugal in the Pacific
leader Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira
legacy early European contact with several Melanesian and Polynesian island groups
influenced later voyage of Pedro Fernández de Quirós
notableShip Los Reyes
San Jerónimo
Santa Isabel
Todos los Santos
numberOfMajorVoyages 2
originPort Callao
originTerritory Viceroyalty of Peru
patron Philip II of Spain
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
linked to: Marquesas Islands

Santa Cruz Islands region
linked to: Santa Cruz Islands

Solomon Islands region
linked to: Solomon Islands

South Pacific Ocean
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
linked to: Crown of Spain
startYear 1567
timePeriod late 16th century

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Todos los Santos partOf Mendaña’s Pacific expeditions
Sternstunden der Menschheit hasPart Die Entdeckung des Pazifiks
linked to: Mendaña’s Pacific expeditions
Pedro Fernández de Quirós notableWork Pacific voyages 1595–1606
linked to: Mendaña’s Pacific expeditions
Pedro Fernández de Quirós expedition Mendaña expedition to the Pacific in 1595
linked to: Mendaña’s Pacific expeditions