Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira is remembered for reaching places that the written record had not yet described.
The record lists Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira as Spanish explorer.
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira was born at Bembibre in 1542. His recorded nationality is Spain.
The Age of Discovery was driven by Iberian crowns, the caravel and the search for a sea route to the spice trade - and it opened the Atlantic world with consequences its sailors never intended.
He is recorded as explorer, sailor and navigator.
What an expedition is remembered for is rarely what it set out to do.
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira died in 1595, aged 53. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as explorer, sailor and navigator
