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Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (Spanish: Pedro Fernández de Quirós) (1563–1614) was a Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain.He is best known for leading several Spanish voyages of discovery in the Pacific Ocean, in particular the 1595–1596 voyage of Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira, and for the 1605–1606 expedition that crossed the Pacific in search of Terra Australis.
With Teodorico Quirós, the architect and landscape painter, he began to paint with greater dedication. In 1954, he returned to England to continue his studies. There, he found the answer to his artistic concerns in abstract expressionism , a moment in which artists channelled their feelings into works emphasizing plastic elements such as ...
Teodorico is an entertaining figure, who for much of the novel tries to outdo his aunt in her piety in the hope of a large inheritance. The aunt is a not entirely unbelievable caricature, which produces some fine comic moments, [4] although ultimately the novel as a whole is not one of the author's best. Even so, The Relic has been described as ...
Tomás Bernaldo de Quirós, also known as Thomas Bernaldo de Quiros, was a sailor who served as governor of Florida between 1578 and 1579. [1] He was also acting governor of Santa Elena from 1577 to November 1580, at least.
Demetrio Quirós y Weyler was born in the 19th century in Spain.His cousin was Spanish General Valeriano Weyler. [1]Demetrio Quirós Weyler graduated from the Infantry School of Toledo in the mid-1850s after deciding to join the Spanish Army.
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President of El Salvador; In office 1 March 1851 – 3 May 1851 Provisional President: President: Himself: Preceded by: Francisco Dueñas (provisional): Succeeded by: Francisco Dueñas