Pedro Fernández de Quirós

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Pedro Fernández de Quirós was a 16th–17th century Portuguese-born Spanish navigator and explorer best known for his Pacific voyages in search of Terra Australis.

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Pedro Fernández de Quirós canonical 3
Fernández de Quirós 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese person ⓘ
Spanish person ⓘ
cartographer ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
navigator ⓘ
advocated Spanish colonization of the South Pacific ⓘ
areaOfActivity Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
associatedWith Luis Váez de Torres ⓘ
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira ⓘ
believed that La Austrialia del Espíritu Santo was part of Terra Australis ⓘ
birthPlace Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
Évora ⓘ
citizenship Portugal ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
discovered islands in the New Hebrides archipelago ⓘ
employer Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
era Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

early modern period ⓘ
expedition Mendaña expedition to the Pacific in 1595 ⓘ
Pacific expedition from Callao in 1605 ⓘ
familyName Fernández de Quirós ⓘ
givenName Pedro ⓘ
goal finding and claiming Terra Australis for Spain ⓘ
influenced European geographic knowledge of the South Pacific ⓘ
knownFor Pacific exploration ⓘ
discovery and naming of La Austrialia del Espíritu Santo ⓘ
search for Terra Australis ⓘ
voyages from Peru into the South Pacific ⓘ
languageSpoken Portuguese ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
laterNationality Spanish ⓘ
militaryBranch Spanish Navy ⓘ
named La Austrialia del Espíritu Santo ⓘ
nationalityAtBirth Portuguese ⓘ
notableWork Pacific voyages 1595–1606 ⓘ
memorials advocating colonization of the South Pacific ⓘ
navigation and exploration reports to the Spanish Crown ⓘ
occupation cartographer ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
navigator ⓘ
patron Philip III of Spain ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
role chief pilot on Mendaña’s 1595 expedition ⓘ
commander of the 1605–1606 Pacific expedition ⓘ
servedUnder Luis Váez de Torres ⓘ
subjectOf historical studies on early Pacific exploration ⓘ

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

Henderson Island → discoveredBy → Pedro Fernández de Quirós ⓘ
Spanish exploration of Oceania → notableExplorer → Pedro Fernández de Quirós ⓘ
Mendaña’s Pacific expeditions → associatedNavigator → Pedro Fernández de Quirós ⓘ
Pedro Fernández de Quirós → familyName → Fernández de Quirós ⓘ
linked to: Pedro Fernández de Quirós