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Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira

Spanish navigator

b. 1542 CE – d. 1595 CE World South America and The Eastern Isles

Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (or Neyra) (1542 – October 1595) is a Spanish navigator.

Born in Congosto, in León, he is the nephew of Lope García de Castro, viceroy of Peru.

He is best known for the two voyages of discovery he leads into the Pacific in 1567 and 1595 in search of Terra Australis.

Moran, J. (2017). Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira. History Atlas. Retrieved 18 October 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/alvaro-de-mendana-de-neira/

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