Alonso de Arellano was a 16th-century
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explorer who commanded one ship that was part of the fleet that re-discovered the
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after the
Magellan and
López de Villalobos expeditions.
Biography
Arellano was captain of the ''San Lucas'', piloted by
Lope Martín, one of four ships in a fleet commanded by
Miguel López de Legazpi
Miguel López de Legazpi (12 June 1502 – 20 August 1572), also known as ''Adelantado, El Adelantado'' and ''El Viejo'' (The Elder), was a Spanish conquistador who financed and led an expedition to conquer the Philippines, Philippine islan ...
. The fleet sailed from Mexico on 21 November 1564, but the ''San Lucas'' became separated from the rest on 1 December. Arellano continued onto the Philippines. He discovered a number of islands in January 1565, including
Lib,
Truk,
Pulap, and
Ngulu, before sailing back to Mexico, becoming the first navigator to establish the "Urdaneta's Route" in the Pacific Ocean.
Andrés de Urdaneta
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was part of Legazpi's fleet, who had also separated from the group and discovered the same path afterwards. Urdaneta kept better documents and maps of the voyage and so the credit was given to him by historians.
Arellano was detained after his return on suspicion of desertion from Legazpi's fleet; however, an enquiry was inconclusive. He died in Mexico in 1579. Before his death, he wrote a narrative of his voyage; this was published in Spain in 1887.
See also
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History of the Philippines
References
Further reading
*De Morga, Antonio (1907).
History of the Philippine Islands" Volumes I and II. Accessed 28 May 2005.
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16th-century Mexican people
Spanish people in the colonial Philippines
16th-century Spanish explorers
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