Alvaro De Mendaña De Nehra
1541-1595
Spanish explorer who made discoveries in the South Pacific. As the nephew of the viceroy of Peru, in 1567 he was appointed commander of an expedition in searc...
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The Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neyra (1541-1595) discovered the Solomon and Marquesas islands. The voyages of Mendaña and his associates in search of new conquests to t...
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Alvaro De Mendaña De Nehra
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neyra