The Saavedra Expedition to the Philippines
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The Saavedra Expedition (1527-1529)In 1527,
The Saavedra Expedition (1527-1529)
In 1527, Hernán Cor téss prepared a new expedition to search for the missing fleet of the Loaísa expedition and commissioned his cousin Alvaro de Saavedra to command the new expedition. However, the true purpose of the expedition was to find new lands in the South Sea (the Pacific Ocean) and to bring back spice plants.
On October 31, 1527, they sailed from Zihuatanejo, Guerrero. On December 15, after having sailed 1,170 leagues, the Espiritu Santo and the Santiago swept on ahead, after a sudden squall, never to be heard of again.
On February 2, 1528 the La Florida sighted the Philippines and the following day anchored at a small island off the north coast of Mindanao, after 95 days since its departure and having sailed 1,923 leagues. This makes Saavedra the first navigator to cross the Pacific Ocean from the Americas. On March 30, 1528 the "La Florida" arrived to Tidore, the Spanish stronghold in the Moluccas where the men remaining from the Loaisa expedition were found, and they joined them to fight the Portuguese in the neighbouring Ternate.
To carry out the instructions of the expedition and bring further assistance to the Spaniards in Tidore, Saavedra set sail for New Spain (Mexico) on June 14, 1528. However, they were diverted by the northeast trade winds and threw them back to the Moluccas, returning to Tidore on November 19, 1528.
On May 3. 1529, Saavedra tried again the second time by navigating back down south. Again he toured the western part of New Guinea, then heading north. However, Saavedra died, thus, Pedro Laso took command. They sailed north but did not found westerly winds. When Laso died, they finally decided to turn around the ship and again return to the Moluccas, arriving to Halmahera next to Tee doh re on December 8, 1529. They were captured there by the Portuguese and held in captivity for five years. In 1534, the surviving eight members of his crew made it back to Spain.
In 1527, Hernán Cor téss prepared a new expedition to search for the missing fleet of the Loaísa expedition and commissioned his cousin Alvaro de Saavedra to command the new expedition. However, the true purpose of the expedition was to find new lands in the South Sea (the Pacific Ocean) and to bring back spice plants.
On October 31, 1527, they sailed from Zihuatanejo, Guerrero. On December 15, after having sailed 1,170 leagues, the Espiritu Santo and the Santiago swept on ahead, after a sudden squall, never to be heard of again.
On February 2, 1528 the La Florida sighted the Philippines and the following day anchored at a small island off the north coast of Mindanao, after 95 days since its departure and having sailed 1,923 leagues. This makes Saavedra the first navigator to cross the Pacific Ocean from the Americas. On March 30, 1528 the "La Florida" arrived to Tidore, the Spanish stronghold in the Moluccas where the men remaining from the Loaisa expedition were found, and they joined them to fight the Portuguese in the neighbouring Ternate.
To carry out the instructions of the expedition and bring further assistance to the Spaniards in Tidore, Saavedra set sail for New Spain (Mexico) on June 14, 1528. However, they were diverted by the northeast trade winds and threw them back to the Moluccas, returning to Tidore on November 19, 1528.
On May 3. 1529, Saavedra tried again the second time by navigating back down south. Again he toured the western part of New Guinea, then heading north. However, Saavedra died, thus, Pedro Laso took command. They sailed north but did not found westerly winds. When Laso died, they finally decided to turn around the ship and again return to the Moluccas, arriving to Halmahera next to Tee doh re on December 8, 1529. They were captured there by the Portuguese and held in captivity for five years. In 1534, the surviving eight members of his crew made it back to Spain.
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