Andrés de Urdaneta
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Andrés de Urdaneta was a 16th-century Spanish Augustinian friar, navigator, and explorer renowned for pioneering the return route across the Pacific that enabled the Manila–Acapulco galleon trade.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Andrés de Urdaneta canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1358124 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andrés de Urdaneta Context triple: [Manila–Acapulco route, discovererOrInventor, Andrés de Urdaneta]
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A.
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira was a 16th-century Spanish navigator and explorer known for leading early Pacific voyages that resulted in the European discovery of the Solomon Islands.
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B.
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, significantly advancing European knowledge of world geography.
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C.
Francisco Hernández de Córdoba
Francisco Hernández de Córdoba was a Spanish conquistador credited with leading one of the first European expeditions to explore the Yucatán Peninsula in the early 16th century.
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D.
Diego Columbus
Diego Columbus was the eldest legitimate son of Christopher Columbus who became a Spanish colonial governor in the Caribbean, notably serving as Viceroy of the Indies.
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E.
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Juan Sebastián Elcano was a Spanish explorer and navigator best known for completing the first circumnavigation of the Earth after Magellan’s death.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andrés de Urdaneta Target entity description: Andrés de Urdaneta was a 16th-century Spanish Augustinian friar, navigator, and explorer renowned for pioneering the return route across the Pacific that enabled the Manila–Acapulco galleon trade.
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A.
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira was a 16th-century Spanish navigator and explorer known for leading early Pacific voyages that resulted in the European discovery of the Solomon Islands.
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B.
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, significantly advancing European knowledge of world geography.
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C.
Francisco Hernández de Córdoba
Francisco Hernández de Córdoba was a Spanish conquistador credited with leading one of the first European expeditions to explore the Yucatán Peninsula in the early 16th century.
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D.
Diego Columbus
Diego Columbus was the eldest legitimate son of Christopher Columbus who became a Spanish colonial governor in the Caribbean, notably serving as Viceroy of the Indies.
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E.
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Juan Sebastián Elcano was a Spanish explorer and navigator best known for completing the first circumnavigation of the Earth after Magellan’s death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Augustinian friar
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Roman Catholic priest ⓘ explorer ⓘ human ⓘ navigator ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mexico City ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Crown of Castile
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Spain ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1498 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1568-06-03 ⓘ |
| discovered | practical return route from Cebu to Acapulco via the Kuroshio Current ⓘ |
| employer |
Spanish Crown
ⓘ
linked to:
Crown of Spain
|
| era |
Age of Discovery
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linked to:
Age of Exploration
Spanish Golden Age ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Basque ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cosmography
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exploration ⓘ navigation ⓘ |
| influenced | development of the Manila galleon system ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discovering the eastward return route across the Pacific Ocean
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enabling the Manila–Acapulco galleon trade ⓘ participation in the expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi ⓘ pioneering the tornaviaje from the Philippines to Mexico ⓘ service in the Loaísa expedition to the Spice Islands ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Spanish ⓘ |
| memberOf | Order of Saint Augustine ⓘ |
| nationality | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableEvent | sailed from Cebu to Acapulco in 1565 establishing the tornaviaje ⓘ |
| occupation |
cartographer
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cosmographer ⓘ explorer ⓘ navigator ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Legazpi expedition to the Philippines
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linked to:
Spanish conquest of the Philippines
Loaísa expedition ⓘ Spanish colonization of the Philippines ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish colonial period in the Philippines
Spanish exploration of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Basque Country
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linked to:
Gipuzkoa
Gipuzkoa ⓘ Ordizia ⓘ Spain ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Mexico City
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Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| religiousOrderEntryYear | circa 1553 ⓘ |
| residence |
Mexico City
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New Spain ⓘ
linked to:
Viceroyalty of New Spain
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| workedOn |
mapping of routes between New Spain and Asia
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navigation of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
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