Mendaña de Neira, Alvaro, d. 1595.
Variant namesSpanish navigator who led two expeditions to the southwest Pacific in 1567-1569 and 1595. Sailing from Peru, he discovered and explored the Solomon Islands in 1568. In 1595 he discovered the Marquesas Islands.
From the description of Relacion del viaje que hizo ... con el armada de S.M. al descubrimiento de las islas de Poniente o de Salomon. 1567-1568. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222757063
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| referencedIn | Hargrave, Lawrence, 1850-1915. Material for proposed book, "Lope de Vega" [manuscript]. | Libraries Australia | |
| creatorOf | Mendaña de Neira, Álvaro, d. 1595. Álvaro Mendaña de Neira papers, 1576-1586 (inclusive), [microform]. | Yale University Library | |
| referencedIn | Collingridge, George, 1847-1931. Solomon Islands / [copied from a map by D. Rasciotti and engraved by G.B. Mazza, c. 1583] ; facsimile George Collingridge. | Libraries Australia | |
| creatorOf | Mendaña de Neira, Alvaro, d. 1595. Relacion del viaje que hizo ... con el armada de S.M. al descubrimiento de las islas de Poniente o de Salomon. | Libraries Australia |
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| associatedWith | Collingridge, George, 1847-1931. | person |
| associatedWith | Granero de Avalos, Alonso, bishop. | person |
| associatedWith | Hargrave, Lawrence, 1850-1915. | person |
| associatedWith | Lorenzo, Francisco. | person |
| associatedWith | Pérez, Marcos. | person |
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