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Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira

1542 - 1595

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Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira (or Neyra) (1 October 1542 – 18 October 1595) was a Spanish navigator, explorer, and cartographer, best known for two of the earliest recorded expeditions across the Pacific Ocean in 1567 and 1595. His voyages led to the discovery of the Marquesas, Cook Islands, and Solomons among other archipelagos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira has received more than 134,130 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira is the 89th most popular explorer (down from 75th in 2019), the 319th most popular biography from Spain (down from 253rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Spanish Explorer.

Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira was a Spanish explorer. He is most famous for leading the first European expedition to the Solomon Islands.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira ranks 89 out of 498. Before him are James Clark Ross, Hugh Glass, Sebastian Cabot, Jean de Béthencourt, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, and Tristão da Cunha. After him are Benjamin of Tudela, Charles Marie de La Condamine, Bjarni Herjólfsson, Robert FitzRoy, Ferdinand von Wrangel, and Carsten Niebuhr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1542, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira ranks 8. Before him are Mary, Queen of Scots, Tokugawa Ieyasu, John of the Cross, Hattori Hanzō, Robert Bellarmine, and Mariam-uz-Zamani. After him are Jan Zamoyski, Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, Henriette of Cleves, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, Isabella de' Medici, and Joris Hoefnagel. Among people deceased in 1595, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira ranks 7. Before him are Murad III, Torquato Tasso, Philip Neri, Mohammad Khodabanda, Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, and Archduke Ernest of Austria. After him are António, Prior of Crato, John Hawkins, Thoinot Arbeau, Jeremias II of Constantinople, Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, and John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira ranks 319 out of 3,355. Before him are César Manrique (1919), Alfonso II of Asturias (759), Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi (844), Lluís Llach (1948), Emilio Butragueño (1963), and Hisham I of Córdoba (757). After him are Ferdinand IV of Castile (1285), Rafael Benítez (1960), Prudentius (348), Amancio Amaro (1939), Charles II, Duke of Parma (1799), and John of Austria the Younger (1629).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira ranks 15. Before him are Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), Alonso de Ojeda (1466), Hernando de Soto (1500), Lope de Aguirre (1518), Juan Díaz de Solís (1470), and Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488). After him are Benjamin of Tudela (1130), Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), Ferdinand Columbus (1488), Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), Juan de la Cosa (1460), and Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492).

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