Andres De Urdaneta
1498-1568
Spanish monk and navigator who discovered a viable route across the Pacific Ocean from west to east, facilitating the Spanish conquest of the Philippines. He was a militar...
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Andrés de Urdaneta
Born c. 1508, Villafranca de Oria, Spain Died June 3, 1568, Mexico City, Hew Spain (Mexico)
In 1494 the Treaty of Tordesillas divided the non-Christian world between the two...
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Andres De Urdaneta
Andrés de Urdaneta