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 (2)

Label Occurrences
Andrés de Urdaneta canonical 4
Fray Andrés de Urdaneta 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Augustinian friar ⓘ
Roman Catholic priest ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
human ⓘ
navigator ⓘ
burialPlace Mexico City ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

Spanish Golden Age ⓘ
ethnicGroup Basque ⓘ
fieldOfWork cosmography ⓘ
exploration ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
influenced development of the Manila galleon system ⓘ
knownFor discovering the eastward return route across the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
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 ⓘ
cosmographer ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
navigator ⓘ
participantIn Legazpi expedition to the Philippines ⓘ
Loaísa expedition ⓘ
Spanish colonization of the Philippines ⓘ
Spanish exploration of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
placeOfBirth Basque Country ⓘ
linked to: Gipuzkoa

Gipuzkoa ⓘ
Ordizia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
placeOfDeath Mexico City ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrderEntryYear circa 1553 ⓘ
residence Mexico City ⓘ
New Spain ⓘ
workedOn mapping of routes between New Spain and Asia ⓘ
navigation of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manila–Acapulco route → discovererOrInventor → Andrés de Urdaneta ⓘ
Spanish exploration of Oceania → notableExplorer → Andrés de Urdaneta ⓘ
Loaísa expedition → notableMember → Andrés de Urdaneta ⓘ
Basilica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebu → founder → Fray Andrés de Urdaneta ⓘ
linked to: Andrés de Urdaneta