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Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón 1527

Post by Anatol » Sun Apr 05, 2015 3:53 pm

Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón was one of the Spanish explorers in the Pacific Ocean. It is unknown the exact date and place of his birth, but he was born in the late 15th century or early 16th century in Spain. Hernán Cortés was his relative, whom he accompanied toMexico (New Spain) in 1526. In 1527, Hernán Cortés prepared a new expedition aimed to find a new land in the South Sea (or Pacific Ocean) and commissioned his cousin Alvaro to command the new expedition. On October 31, 1527, they sailed from Zihuatanejo, Guerrero. On 15 December, after having sailed 1170 leagues, the Espiritu Santo and the Santiago swept on ahead, after a sudden squall, never to be heard of again. On 29 December the La Florida sighted the Utirik-Toke atoll complexes, and on 1 January 1528 the Rongelap-Ailinginae atolls, both in the Marshall Islands, which were jointly charted as "Islas de los Reyes" (Islands of the Three Wise Kings due to the proximity to the festivity of Epiphany ). On 2 February 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 1923 leagues. This makes Saavedra the first navigator to cross the Pacific Ocean from the Americas. On 30 March 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 on the 14 June 1528. On 24 June 1528, the "La Florida" discovered the Schouten Islands and landed on Yapen. These were charted respectively as "Islas de Oro" (Golden Islands) and "Payne" island. They continued coasting western New Guinea and on 15 August discovered the Admiralty Islands landing on Manus that they charted as "Urays La Grande" (Urays the Big). They then sailed north and discovered the Nomoi Islands in the Carolines. Then they were diverted by the northeast trade winds that threw them back to the Moluccas, returning to Tidore on 19 November 1528. On 3 May 1529, Álvaro de Saavedra tried again the second time by navigating back down south. Again he toured the western part of New Guinea getting to Manus, then heading north and discovering on 14 September Pohnpei and Ant in the Carolines. On 21 September they discovered Ujelang Atoll, in the Marshalls that they charted as "Los Pintados" (The Painted Ones) because of its inhabitants being tattoed. On 1 October they discovered Enewetak Atoll, that they named "Los Jardines" (The Gardens) because of their beauty and the friendliness of their inhabitants. Soon after Saavedra died, and Pedro Laso took command. They sailed north up to the 31N but not finding westerly winds and also after the death of Pedro Laso, they finally decided to turn around the ship and again return to the Moluccas, arriving to Halmahera next to Tidore on 8 December 1529. There are some questions as to whether Spanish explorers did arrive in the Hawaiian Islands two centuries before Captain James Cook's first recorded visit in 1778. For two and a half centuries Spanish galleons crossed the Pacific along a route that passed south of Hawaiʻi on their way to Manila. The exact route was kept secret to protect the Spanish trade monopoly against competing powers. In the case of the Saavedra expedition, the sighting of Hawaii could have happened when on 28 November 1527, land was sighted to the north, approximately in the longitude of Hawaii but not found again after a two-days search. Also the later disappeared Santiago and Espiritu Santocould have arrived to Hawaii. There is an old Hawaiian oral story that describes white people arriving in the islands many generations ago, who were welcomed by ChiefWakalana. It is possible that these visitors were members of Alvaro de Saavedra's crew.
The map of Route of Saavedra's travel.
Norfolk 1994;50c;SG565. Marshall Islands 1996;55c;SG702.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvar ... Cer%C3%B3n.
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Re: Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón 1527

Post by aukepalmhof » Fri Apr 01, 2022 10:19 pm

The three ships, which Alvaro Saavedra y Cerón would command, set sail from the port of Cihuantanejo on October 31, 1527. His fleet was composed of:
• FLORIDA, La capitana, with 38 men of war (marines) and 12 crew. She was built in Teuhantepec, Mexico as a caravel.
• SANTIAGO, which was under the command of Cordobés Luis de Cárdenas and 45 men.
• ESPIRITU SANTO, a brigantine commanded by Jerez -born Pedro de Fuentes , with 15 men.
Between the three ships they had about 30 guns. Some of them were very heavy and made of bronze, of the highest quality. Without a doubt, Cortes had made an effort to ensure that they were well prepared to give much-needed assistance.
On December 9, 1529, FLORIDA returned to the Moluccas, with only 22 sick and exhausted men who could not do much, but surrender to the Portuguese. In total there were three years of fighting without much rest, which did not stop with the Spanish defeat in the Moluccas. The allied peoples of the Spanish crown rose up and continued to fight against the Portuguese.
It would not be until 1536 that the last survivors of the Loaysa expedition would arrive in Lisbon. That expedition that the immortal Elcano began and that his young apprentice Urdaneta would end up finishing. Unfortunately, Saavedra would not be able to survive such harsh circumstances he died during the expedition.
The fate of FLORIDA is unknown.
Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar was the first European to see the Marshall Islands in 1526, commanding the ship SANTA MARIA DE LA VICTORIA, the only surviving vessel of the Loaísa Expedition. On August 21, he sighted an island (probably Taongi) at 14°N that he named "San Bartolome".
Source: Some internet sites.
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Re: Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón 1527

Post by Anatol » Sat Oct 29, 2022 3:34 pm

About Discoverers of Oceania - Alvaro De Saavedra
With a new stamp printed on wood paper, simulating the material with which the ships were built, Correos continues one more year making known the Discoverers of Oceania.
This year, the stamp is dedicated to Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, navigator and discoverer.
There is not much biographical information about Saavedra Cerón, although it is known that he was a relative of Hernán Cortés, with whom he resided in Mexico when the conquest of Tenochtitlan ended.
His few records are documented in the order given by Charles V to Cortes to send the ships he had built on the Pacific coast through the South Sea to the Spices in order to find out what had happened to the nao Trinidad, under the command of Gomez de Espinosa, of the expedition of Magellan and Elcano, as well as to verify the existence of any other island and if it had spices or other riches.
Saavedra Cerón began his expedition on October 31, 1527 from Zihuatanejo, Zacatula (in the current Mexican state of Guerrero), with one hundred and ten men in three ships: Florida, Santiago and Espíritu Santo.
After four months of navigation and the loss of two ships (Espiritu Santo and Santiago), the expedition members embarked on the Florida and arrived at the island of Mindanao in the Philippine archipelago, from where they set course for the Moluccas.
Also in Tidore, when they arrived, they discovered other Spaniards harassed by the Portuguese.
When they tried to return to New Spain with a cargo of spices, especially cloves, the meteorology of the Pacific Ocean, with the adverse winds and currents, forced them to return to safe harbor; although before they landed in the islands of Misory and Almirantazgo, they passed through the Carolinas and the Marianas and discovered the great island of New Guinea.
In May 1529 he tried again to attempt the return voyage, failing at the Hawaiian Islands (Table Islands for the Spaniards), dying there in the middle of the ocean.
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