Relacion del viaje que hizo ... con el armada de S.M. al descubrimiento de las islas de Poniente o de Salomon. 1567-1568.

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Relacion del viaje que hizo ... con el armada de S.M. al descubrimiento de las islas de Poniente o de Salomon. 1567-1568.

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Eighteenth century manuscript transcription of the report by Alvaro Mendana y Neyra of his voyage across the Pacific from Peru and the discovery of the Solomon Islands in 1567-1568. The transcript is incomplete, ending abruptly in May 1568. From the collection of Sir Thomas Phillips, 1792-1872, (MS 16224). Previously in the collection of Lord Kingsborough and acquired, with other Kingsborough manuscripts, by Phillips from Henry Stevens, bookseller, in 1860. Another transcript of the same account is held in the Archives at Simancas and was reproduced in "The discovery of the Solomon Islands" by Alvaro de Mendana in 1568 (2 v., London : Hakluyt Society, 1901).

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Mendaña de Neira, Alvaro, d. 1595.

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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 ...