Andrés de Urdaneta

Basque explorer for the Spanish Empire

Andrés de Urdaneta, OSA (1508 – June 3, 1568) was a Spanish maritime explorer for the Spanish Empire who later became an Augustinian friar. At the age of 17, he formed part of the Loaísa expedition to the Spice Islands, where he spent more than eight years. Around 1540, he settled in New Spain and became an Augustinian friar in 1552.

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