The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, 1595 to 1606. Volume 1

Name: The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, 1595 to 1606. Volume 1
Author: Pedro Fernandes de Queirós

by Pedro Fernandes de Queirós

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

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2012-10-27

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Public domain in the USA.

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Oceania -- Discovery and exploration Mendaña de Neira, Alvaro de, 1542?-1595 Discoveries in geography -- Spanish Early maps

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Pedro Fernandes de Queirós

d. 1615

Best known for leading a bold Pacific expedition in search of the great southern continent, this Portuguese navigator sailed for Spain during the great age of exploration. His voyages helped shape European ideas about the Pacific and the lands beyond it.

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