Alonso de Salazar
Spanish explorer
Toribio Alonso de Salazar (died 5 September 1526) was a Spanish navigator of Basque origin, who was the first Westerner to arrive on the Marshall Islands on 21 August 1526.
Born in Biscay , de Salazar was part of the Fray García Jofre de Loaísa 's expedition from Spain to the Spice Islands in 1525, the second in history to cross the Pacific Ocean , after the Magalhães-Elcano circumnavigation of the globe. De Salazar took command of Santa Maria de la Victoria , the last of seven ships to survive the voyage, after the deaths of Loaísa and Juan Sebastián Elcano . He sighted the Bokak Atoll in the Marshall Islands en route to Guam , the Philippine Islands and finally the Moluccas . After one month of holding the command, he also died of scurvy shortly after having left Guam on 5 September 1526, and was succeeded by Martín Íñiguez de Carquizano .
The character Armando Salazar from Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge is based on Alonso de Salazar.[1]
References
Sources
Dunmore, John: Who's Who in Pacific Navigation. Entry: Salazar. University of Hawai'i Press. 1991, p. 218.
Quanchi, Max (2005). Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands . The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810853957 .
Territories
South America
New Granada (Colombia , Ecuador , Panama , Venezuela, part of Guyana , a northernmost portion of Brazilian Amazon)
Peru (Peru, Acre , Chile )
Río de la Plata (Argentina , Paraguay , Charcas (Bolivia), Banda Oriental (Uruguay), Misiones Orientales , Malvinas )
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