The Armada de Molucca was the name of the fleet led by
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Mazaua — is the name of a Philippine island port where Ferdinand Magellan and his Armada de Molucca fleet of three naos anchored from March 28 to April 4, 1521. At present, historians and scientists are still searching for the exact location of the said… … Wikipedia
Carlo Amoretti — was an erudite ecclesiastic, scholar, writer, and scientist. His life straddled the 18th and 19th centuries. He was born on 16 March 1741 in Oneglia, now Imperia in the Liguria region, Italy and died on 23 March 1816.He entered the Augustinian… … Wikipedia
Jacques N. Bellin — Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 21 March, 1772) was a French hydrographer and geographer who was a member of the French intellectual group called the philosophes. First Ingenieur de la Marine Bellin was born in Paris. In 1721, at age 18, he was… … Wikipedia
Martín de Ayamonte — Martín de Ayamonte, also called by his Portuguese name Martinho de Aiamonte, was an apprentice seaman in the Armada de Molucca under the command of the Portuguese mariner Ferdinand Magellan. Ayamonte was assigned to Victoria, the nao that rounded … Wikipedia
José Toribio Medina — (21 October 1852 1930) was a Chilean bibliographer, prolific writer, and historian.He was born at Santiago, Chile, and was educated for the bar. His first publication, when a very young man, was a metrical translation of Longfellow s Evangeline … Wikipedia
Gatighan — The isle of Gatighan was a way station of the Armada de Molucca under Captain General Ferdinand Magellan on their way to Cebu in Central Philippines. The name appears only in the map and text of the firsthand account of the Vicentine diarist… … Wikipedia
Andrés de San Martín — was the chief pilot cosmographer of the Armada de Molucca , the fleet commanded by Ferdinand Magellan.His nationality has been variously identified as Portuguese or French. Antonio Pigafetta wrote he was from Seville, and there s every reason to… … Wikipedia
English Channel — For the racehorse, see English Channel (horse). Satellite view of the English Channel The English Channel (French: la Manche, Breton: Mor Breizh, Cornish: Mor Bretannek), often referred to simply as the Chann … Wikipedia
