Pedro Fernandes de Queirós

Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (Spanish: Pedro Fernández de Quirós), (1565–1614) was a Portuguese navigator best known for his involvement with Spanish voyages of discovery in the Pacific Ocean, in particular the 1595-1596 voyage of Alvaro de Mendaña de Neira, and for leading a 1605-1606 expedition which crossed the Pacific in search of Terra Australis.

Personal facts

Pedro Fernandes de Queirós
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1565
Birth place
Portugal , Évora
Nationality
Portuguese people
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1614
Place of death
Panama
Known for
Pacific Ocean

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  1. http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks05/0501051h.html
  2. http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600641h.html
  3. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=rbdk&fileName=d0404//rbdkd0404.db&recNum=304&itemLink=r%3Fintldl%2Frbdkbib%3A@field%28NUMBER%2B@od1%28rbdk%2Bd0404%29%29&linkText=0
  4. http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/voyages/voya_spanishQuest.html
  5. http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/index.html