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by Andrés Reséndez


  accusation of absconding, 188

  captain, San Lucas, 76–77, 82

  charges on return to Mexico, 164–66, 168–69

  difficulties after separation, 110

  Holland and England and, 194

  insurrection and, 129–31

  Kuroshio Current fauna, 153, 258 n19

  letter to Philip II, 271 n13

  at Likiep Atoll, 105–6, 108

  in Mindanao, 125–28

  navigation and return, 198–99

  to Philippines after Legazpi’s death, 271 n13

  San Lucas disappears, 84–85

  San Lucas to Mindanao, 252 n2

  separation plans failure, 262 n11, 262 n14

  to Spain, 188

  to Spain unpunished, 270 n11

  Sumisu-tō (Smith Island), 258 n17

  Urdaneta and, 193–94

  vuelta decision, 141, 144–45, 167

  vuelta North America, 157

  vuelta provisions and water, 147, 155, 256 n11, 258 n25

  vuelta rats, 155

  vuelta sailing blind, 154, 259 n27

  Arellano, Alonso de (Juana’s older brother), 240 n21

  Arellano, Lope de, 240 n21

  Arellano de Zúñiga, Juana Ramírez de, 76, 239 n21

  Arte de navegar (Medina), 189

  Audiencia of Mexico, 61–63, 83, 163, 164, 165, 168–70, 233 n29, 234 n1, 262 n14, 263 n15

  Augustinian friars, 63, 67, 75, 82, 115, 124, 230 n18, 233 n31, 238 n16, 239 n18, 266 n25

  Ayamonte, Spain, 71, 172, 236 n11

  Azores, 91, 231 n6, 243 n5

  B

  Basque Country, 53, 67–68, 214 n8, 235 n6

  Behaim, Martin, 30, 32, 218 n23, 221 n32

  Bering, Vitus, 154

  Berry, Edward Wilber, 4

  Black slaves, 68–69, 74, 78

  Borja, Juan de, ambassador to Portugal, 253 n14, 260 n2

  Brazil, 9, 20, 92, 217 n20

  C

  Cabot expedition, 70, 224 n42, 229 n13, 257 n15

  Cabral, Pedro Álvares, 92, 217 n20

  Cabrillo, Juan Rodríguez, 212 n1, 224 n42

  Caesarea Karoli. See Mindanao

  Camuz, Juan de, 136

  Cantova, Juan Antonio, 197

  Carrasco, Amancio Landín, 198, 253 n13

  Carrión, Juan Pablo de

  accusation of embezzlement, 169

  bigamist, 52–53

  Don Luis adviser, 48, 50–51

  home in Carrión de los Condes, 229 n12

  inquisitorial proceedings, 229 n14

  life of, 49–50

  on New Guinea, 60, 63

  in prison, 229 n11

  proposed route to the Philippines, 56–58, 83

  Cauchela, Andrés, royal accountant, 52, 83

  Cavendish, Thomas, 72, 237 n13

  Cebu, 133, 269 n8

  conspiracy by San Pedro sailors, 167–69

  international trade and, 254 n17

  Legazpi expedition and, 134–35, 137

  Pericón destination, 171, 179

  requerimiento, Christianity and Spanish domination, 135–36

  salvator mundi statue gift, 137

  on San Jerónimo, 265 n6

  San Lucas at, 140–41

  San Lucas in, 255 n4

  vuelta decision, 141, 167

  Chamorros, 113–14, 120–24, 251 n13

  Charles I (king of Spain, aka Charles V of Holy Roman Empire), 34, 42, 44–45

  Chaunu, Pierre, 198

  China, 199–200

  circumnavigation, 40, 53, 95, 117, 224 n40

  Magellan and, 18

  See also Elcano, Juan Sebastián

  Columbus, Bartholomew, 23

  Columbus, Christopher

  Admiral of the Ocean Sea, 23, 32

  Atlantic crossing, 9, 198

  Atlantic gyres, 89

  to Madeira, 25, 215 n14

  magnetic declination, 116

  mutinies and plots, 128

  navigational skills and knowledge, 25–27

  personal life, 24–25

  in Portugal, 22–25, 27, 32, 214 n9

  Roman league measurements, 202

  Santa María, 18

  in Spain, 33

  Spain’s sea mastery, 20

  Spanish and Portuguese crew, 69

  Columbus, Ferdinand, 269 n7

  Cook, James, 14, 87, 242 n1

  Coriolis, Gaspard-Gustave de, 92

  Coronado, Francisco Vázquez de, 224 n42

  Cortés, Hernán, 46, 76, 96, 183–84, 229 n21, 249 n5, 252 n4, 266 n22

  Cortés, Martín, 249 n5

  Council of the Indies, 51, 189

  Coutinho, Gago, 216 n16

  Cyãbu. See Cebu

  Cympagu. See Japan

  D

  Darwin, Erasmus, 2

  Darwin, George Howard, 2–3

  Davao Gulf, 126, 131, 133, 252 n2

  del Campo, Felipe, 175, 179, 183, 186

  Delle navigationi et viaggi (Ramusio), 148

  Dias, Bartolomeu, 244 n7

  Díaz, Gabriel, 164–65

  Domingo, Andrés, 235 n7

  E

  earth

  dinosaurs extinction, 6–7, 206 nn 9–10

  ferns survival, 7, 207 n12

  killer asteroid theory, 6–8

  landmass of, 205 n1

  oceanic dispersals, 8

  South America as an island, 8–9

  Elcano, Juan Sebastián, 53

  Elizabeth (queen), 43

  Espadas del fin del mundo (comic), 48

  F

  Faleiro, Francisco, 34–35, 37–38, 116–17, 189, 221 n31, 249 n5

  Faleiro, Rui, 34–39, 116–17, 220 n30, 224 n40

  Faras, João, 217 n20

  Felipe. See Philip II

  Ferdinand II (king), 33

  Fernandes, Bernardo, 93

  Fernández de Oviedo, Gonzalo, 35, 231 n21

  Fisher, Osmond, 2–3

  Flamenco, Juan Enrique, 185

  Fortún, Jaymes Martínez, 117, 237 n12

  G

  Gallego, Hernán, 197

  Gama, Vasco da, 92, 94, 244 n7

  Garnica, Santiago de, 184

  Garrucho, Cristóbal, 236 n11

  Gastaldi, Giacomo, 148–50, 257 n15

  Gemelli Careri, Giovanni Francesco, 145, 258 n26

  Giro del Mondo (Gemelli Careri), 145

  globalization, 260 n1

  González, Melchor, 67

  González Dávila expedition, 224 n42

  Grijalva, Hernando de, 224 n42, 229 n13

  Guam, 112

  Dutch visit, 123

  geology of, 120

  island hopping, 12

  la Isla de los Ladrones, 114, 121–22, 183

  Legazpi expedition in, 166

  Legazpi’s arrival, 116, 120

  Legazpi’s expedition in, 121, 124–25

  Magellan at, 250 n10

  population of, 251 n12

  Spaniards and, 113, 251 n16

  strategic location, 251 n16

  Umatac Bay, 121–23, 250

  United States and, 162, 200

  See also Chamorros

  Guillén, Felipe, 249 n5

  H

  Hakluyt, Richard, 194

  Hawaiian Islands, 87, 242 n1

  Hernández, Domingo, 235 n7

  Hernández, Gabriel Sánchez, 67

  Hernández, Pablo, 262 n12

  House of Trade (Spain), 70–71

  I

  Inglés, Juan, 235 n7

  Isabella (queen), 33, 213 n6

  Isla, Juan de la, captain, San Juan, 76

  Isla, Rodrigo de la, pilot, San Juan, 76, 237 n12

  L

  la Isla Filipina. See Samar

  las Islas de los Ladrones. See Marianas chain of islands

  J

  Japan, 32, 255 n3

  drifters to North America, 258 n18

  Hojunmaru, drifted to North America, 152

  Kuroshio Current, 151

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sp; Magellan near, 139

  San Lucas near, 154

  Sumisu-tō (Smith Island), 258 n17

  Tokujômaru, drifted to North America, 152

  Zipangu or Cipango, 148, 150

  Jiménez, Lorenzo, 67, 239 n18

  João II (king of Portugal), 27, 30, 32, 36

  Lagos, Portugal, 69–71, 90

  Lake, Philip, 4

  Lara, Bartolomé de, 177, 181, 184–86

  Lavezaris, Guido de, 78

  Legazpi, Melchor de, 267 n2

  Legazpi, Miguel López de, 166

  Arellano named captain San Lucas, 76–77

  ashore at Guam for Spain, 124

  from Basque Country, 68

  in Cebu, 135, 169

  Cebu conspiracy uncovered, 167–69

  destination question, 63–64

  disappearance motive, 84–85

  fleet commander, 74

  in Guam, 120, 122–23, 125

  letter to Philip II, 79

  at Marshall Islands, 101–2, 108

  mid-ocean meeting for new destination, 82–83

  mistakes Guam for Philippines, 114

  navigation dispute, 116

  route to Philippines, 99

  rules of, 77–78

  salvator mundi statue omen, 137

  in Samar, 132

  on San Pedro, 75

  separation contingency plan, 166

  on separation of San Lucas, 110–11, 163

  Spanish expedition commander, 60–61

  Spanish settlement in Philippines, 162

  and Tuasan, 134

  visitador objection to, 62

  Legazpi expedition

  Acapulco return, 162

  Bohol battle with Brunei Muslims, 133

  in Cebu, 141

  conspiracy by San Pedro sailors, 262 nn 12–14

  debarkation, 80

  destination question, 63–64, 71, 166, 240 n22

  longitude problem of, 114–17, 119

  at Marianas, 113

  at Marshall Islands, 104

  pilot’s role, 71–72, 237 n12

  preparation for, 78–79

  procedures enumerated, 77

  religion and, 79

  requerimiento, Christianity and Spanish domination, 136

  return voyage Pacific gyres, 139–40

  route to Philippines, 84, 87, 98–100, 242 n1

  separation contingency plan, 84, 99, 109–10, 166

  separation of the San Lucas, 84–85, 163, 165–68, 255 n4

  ship living conditions, 80–82, 241 n2

  successor secrecy, 77–78

  voyagers, objectives, 74–75, 234 n1, 238 n16

  See also Rodríguez, Esteban; San Juan; San Lucas; San Pablo; San Pedro; Urdaneta, Andrés de

  Lisbon, 23

  Ribeira das Naus (shipyard), 24, 215 n12

  Loaísa expedition, 121, 139, 148, 224 n42, 227 n7, 229 n13, 230 n17, 251 n12

  López, Miguel, 235 n7

  M

  Magalhães, Fernão de. See Magellan, Ferdinand

  Magellan, Ferdinand

  Chamorros and, 123

  circumnavigation, 40, 95, 117

  at Guam, 113–14, 120, 250 n10

  King Phillip and, 42

  mutinies and plots, 128

  navigational skills and knowledge, 93–95

  Pacific gyres, 89, 93–94

  Pacific Ocean size, 224 n41

  Philippines named archipiélago de San Lázaro, 44, 227 n5

  salvator mundi statue gift, 137

  in Spain, 34–35

  to Spice Islands, 94–95, 245 n11

  Spice Islands on Spanish side, 36

  Straits of Magellan and Pacific Ocean, 34, 39, 219 n30

  Magellan expedition

  Pacific currents and, 95

  San Antonio, 18

  Trinidad, 40, 140, 144, 146, 153,256 n10

  vuelta attempt, 255 n8

  Magellan’s Island. See Cebu

  Maldonado, Pedro, 229 n14

  Manuel I (king of Portugal), 33

  Marianas chain of islands, 13, 210 n20, 251 n12

  geology of, 113, 248 n1

  See also Guam

  Marshall Islands, 1, 101–4, 108, 181–82, 196–97

  Martín, Diego, 117, 237 n12

  Martín, Lope

  Afro-Portuguese defector, 34, 69

  charges on return to Mexico, 165

  conspiracy by San Pedro sailors, 168, 262 nn 12–14

  forged nationality papers, 71

  handpicked by Philip II, 19, 71

  insurrection role, 130–31

  jailed for embezzlement, 169–70

  at Likiep Atoll, 105

  in Navidad, 72

  navigation and return, 198–99

  navigator and licensed pilot, 20, 69–71, 236 n11

  and Pericón’s horse, 174–75

  in Philippines, 125–26

  and San Jerónimo, 171–75, 177–81, 183–85

  San Lucas leading expedition, 84

  on San Lucas separation, 110

  second voyage to Philippines, 168–70

  on Ujelang Atoll, 196–98

  vuelta decision, 140–45, 167

  vuelta navigation, 148, 154, 156–58, 259 n27

  Martínez, Juan, 174–75, 178, 180–84, 264 n3

  Masiá, Luis Sánchez, 198, 253 n13

  Matalotes, 97, 99, 109, 166, 246 n15

  Medina, Isabel, 49–53, 229 n14

  Medina, Pedro de, 189

  Mendaña, Álvaro de, 197

  Mendoza, Ana de Castilla y, 47

  Mendoza, Antonio de, 225 n1

  Micronesian islands navigation, 97, 246 n15

  Mindanao

  barangay (inhabitants) rituals, 126–28

  conversion to Islam, 252 n2

  San Lucas in, 125, 127, 131, 167, 255 n4, 262 n10

  Villalobos expedition at, 44

  Villalobos expedition vuelta, 140

  Moctezuma, 47, 252 n4

  Moluccas. See Spice Islands

  Mosquera, Juan Ortiz de, 173, 175, 177–81

  Muñoz, Hernán Sánchez, 239 n21

  N

  Native Americans, 13–14, 211 n24

  settlement of Americas, 210 n22

  Nature, 2

  Navidad, Mexico

  artillery request, 51

  burned down by pirates, 72

  diversity of workers and crew, 68–69

  fleet construction, 51–52

  health hazards of, 67

  living conditions, 65–68, 234 n2

  number of ships, 50–52

  secret shipbuilding fleet, 17–19, 42, 72–73, 212 n1

  slaves and Indigenous people, 68

  Urdaneta’s plans for, 55, 231 n20

  navigation

  antimeridian line, 36–37, 190–92, 222 n35, 269 n7

  Cantino Planisphere, 37

  Cape Bojador, 26, 89, 216 nn 15–16

  circumnavigation, 40

  declination tables, 30–31, 70, 98, 218 n24

  International Date Line, 201

  isogonic chart, 223 n37, 250 n7

  kelp in Pacific ocean, 258 n26

  latitude and longitude, 27–31, 98, 114–16, 119, 156, 216 n19, 224 n40, 269 n8

  la volta do mar largo, 26, 28, 90, 243 n3

  leguas, or nautical leagues, 201–2

  lunar eclipse and, 222 n35

  magnetic declination, 37–38, 116–19, 223 nn 39–40, 249 n5, 250 nn 6–7

  Manual of Munich, 217 n21

  Mercator projection, 194

  parallel sailing, 99

  Portuguese and Spaniards, 211 n24

 

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