Álvaro Mendaña de Neira papers, 1576-1586 (inclusive), [microform].

ArchivalResource

Álvaro Mendaña de Neira papers, 1576-1586 (inclusive), [microform].

The papers consist of approximately 200 documents selected from the Latin American Manuscripts Collection. The documents relate to law suits and judicial proceedings brought by Álvaro Mendaña de Neira (discoverer of the Solomon Islands) and Dr. Alonso Granero de Avalos against Francisco Lorenzo and Marcos Pérez regarding the barque Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria.

1 reel.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6699318

Yale University Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Lorenzo Berguillos, Francisco

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tf3qw7 (person)

Perez, Marcos

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66t4f0v (person)

Granero de Avalos, Alonso, bishop.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69k84qk (person)

Mendaña de Neira, Alvaro, d. 1595.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65m9fzx (person)

Spanish 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 ...