Lope Martín
Lope Martín was the first European (Afro-Portuguese) explorer to complete a round trip across the Pacific Ocean, sailing from Navidad on the west coast of Mexico in 1564 to the Philippines, and returning to Navidad in 1565.[1]
References[]
- ^ "How History Erased the Black Mariner Who ‘Opened’ the Pacific", Time, October 18, 2021
- Reséndez, Andrés (2021). Conquering the Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 9781328515971.
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- Spanish explorers of the Pacific