Pedro Fernandes de Quirós ( Spanish: Pedro Fernández de Quirós ), Pedro Fernándís de Keyros ( port: Pedro Fernandes de Queirós ; 1565 - 1614 ) - Spanish navigator of Portuguese origin. The last of the great Spanish sailor-discoverers.
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| Date of Birth | 1565 |
| Place of Birth | Evora , Portugal |
| Date of death | 1614 |
| Place of death | Panama |
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| Occupation | navigator |
Biography
Born in the middle of the 16th century . In 1596 he brought back to the homeland the squadron of Mendana , who had lost the commander. In 1606 he discovered the Islands of Friendship (Tonga) , then the Queen Charlotte archipelago, or Santa Cruz , headed south and reached the New Hebrides (islands of the Holy Spirit) , which he called "Australia de Espiritus Santu", that is, the "Southern Land of the Holy Spirit" proclaiming their property the crown of Spain . Convinced of the importance of the New Hebrides for Spain, Quiros went to Madrid to solicit the sending of colonists, but found only a complete lack of interest in bold enterprises.
He spent the next seven years in poverty, writing many memorials about his journey, and asked King Philip III for money for a new trip. He was sent to Peru with letters of recommendation, but the king was not going to finance a return expedition [1] .
He died in 1614 in Panama .
His report in French: “Copie de la requête présentée au roi d'Espagne par le capitaine P. de Quiros sur la cinquième partie du Monde, appelée terre Australe incogneue” (Paris, 1617 ).
Notes
- ↑ Fernando Radamilans Ramos. Crónica de Pedro Fernández de Quirós: Historia del descubrimiento de las regiones australes hecho por el General Pedro Fernández de Quirós // Ab Initio: Revista digital para estudiantes de Historia. - 2010.- T. 1 , no. 1 . - S. 104–122 . - ISSN 2172-671X .
Links
- The voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, 1595 to 1606. Translated and edited by Sir Clements Markham (1904)
- Kviros, Pedro-Fernandez // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.