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Francisco de Orellana (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈθisko ðe oɾeˈʝana]; 1511 – November 1546) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador.In one of the most improbably successful voyages in known history, Orellana managed to sail the length of the Amazon, arriving at the river's mouth on 24 August 1542.
This is a list of French ships of the line of the period 1621–1870 (plus some from the period before 1621). Battlefleet units in the French Navy (Marine Royale before the French Revolution established a republic) were categorised as vaisseaux (literally "vessels") as distinguished from lesser warships such as frigates (frégates).
The map of Dampier's circumnavigation produced by Herman Moll (1697) The map of Ambrose Cowley's circumnavigation in the 1699 edition of his travels. The survivors of the expedition of Jacques Mahu (Dutch); 1598–1601; westward from Holland; Of Mahu's five ships only one returned.
Orellana Expedition to Amazon river (1541–1542) Viceroyalty of Peru. Province of Quito; Hostile Amazonian peoples: Stalemate Discovery of the Amazon River until the Atlantic Ocean, but Spaniards retreat due to diseases (dying Francisco de Orellana). Start of catholic missions on Maynas. Spanish conquest and colonization of Argentina (1543–1593)
The Ocean Explorer ship ran aground earlier this week in Alpefjord in the Northeast Greenland National Park. Expedition cruise ship carrying 206 freed after running aground in Greenland Skip to ...
At the age of nearly seventy years he was made commander in 1514 by Ferdinand of the largest Spanish expedition. Francisco de Orellana and his men became the first Europeans to travel the entire length of the Amazon River in 1541–1542. Dávila sent Gil González Dávila to explore northward, and Pedro de Alvarado to explore Guatemala.
In an early scene in which Pizarro instructs Ursúa to lead the scouting team down the river, in the script, Pizarro mentions that in the course of the expedition Ursúa could possibly discover what happened to Francisco de Orellana's expedition, which had vanished without a trace years before (see "Historical Accuracy" section). Later in the ...
Luna's fleet included eleven crewed ships and more than 1,500 soldiers and settlers, under six captains of cavalry and six of infantry. [9] Luna, however, proved to be an ineffective leader, and the expedition was plagued by multiple disasters, before he was deposed and the remaining survivors of the colony were evacuated. [10]