Mendaña’s Pacific expeditions

E433312

Mendaña’s Pacific expeditions were late 16th-century Spanish voyages led by Álvaro de Mendaña that sought to explore and claim vast, largely unknown regions of the South Pacific for the Spanish Crown.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Age of Discovery voyage ⓘ
Spanish maritime expedition ⓘ
associatedNavigator Pedro Fernández de Quirós ⓘ
Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa ⓘ
claimedFor Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
consequence contributed to European knowledge of Oceania ⓘ
stimulated later Spanish Pacific voyages ⓘ
deathOfLeader Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira died during the second voyage in 1595 ⓘ
discovered Marquesas Islands ⓘ
Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
endYear 1595 ⓘ
firstVoyageYear 1567 ⓘ
flag Spain ⓘ
historicalContext Spanish expansion after conquest of Peru ⓘ
competition with Portugal in the Pacific ⓘ
leader Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira ⓘ
legacy early European contact with several Melanesian and Polynesian island groups ⓘ
influenced later voyage of Pedro Fernández de Quirós ⓘ
notableShip Los Reyes ⓘ
San Jerónimo ⓘ
Santa Isabel ⓘ
Todos los Santos ⓘ
numberOfMajorVoyages 2 ⓘ
originPort Callao ⓘ
originTerritory Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
patron Philip II of Spain ⓘ
purpose claim new lands for Spain ⓘ
exploration of the South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
search for Terra Australis ⓘ
spread Christianity ⓘ
territorial expansion of the Spanish Empire ⓘ
regionExplored Marquesas Islands region ⓘ
linked to: Marquesas Islands

Santa Cruz Islands region ⓘ
linked to: Santa Cruz Islands

Solomon Islands region ⓘ
linked to: Solomon Islands

South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
relatedTo Spanish exploration of the Pacific ⓘ
search for Terra Australis Incognita ⓘ
religiousRole Catholic missionary activity ⓘ
result extension of Spanish influence into the Pacific ⓘ
no permanent Spanish colonies established in the Solomon Islands ⓘ
partial mapping of the southwest Pacific ⓘ
secondVoyageYear 1595 ⓘ
sponsor Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
startYear 1567 ⓘ
timePeriod late 16th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Todos los Santos → partOf → Mendaña’s Pacific expeditions ⓘ
Sternstunden der Menschheit → hasPart → Die Entdeckung des Pazifiks ⓘ
linked to: Mendaña’s Pacific expeditions
Pedro Fernández de Quirós → notableWork → Pacific voyages 1595–1606 ⓘ
linked to: Mendaña’s Pacific expeditions
Pedro Fernández de Quirós → expedition → Mendaña expedition to the Pacific in 1595 ⓘ
linked to: Mendaña’s Pacific expeditions