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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Elizabeth , Queen of England (search)
Urdaneta, Adres 1499-
Navigator; born in Villafranca, Guipuzcoa, Spain, in 1499.
Urged by the council of the Indies, Philip II.
decided, in 1558, to undertake the conquest of the Philippine Islands, and appointed Urdaneta chief pilot of the expedition, which left Acapulco Nov. 21, 1564, under Miguel Lopez de Legaspi.
The latter took possession of the island of Cebu and conquered Mindoro.
Urdaneta returned to Mexico, where he died June 3, 1568.
He wrote several memoirs and letters which are preserved in the archives of the Indies in Seville.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Zeno , Nicolo 1405 -1405 (search)