Queirós, Pedro Fernandes de

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De Queirós, Pedro Fernandez
De Quir, Pedro Fernández
De Quiros, Fernando
De Quirós, Pedro Fernández
De Quiros, Pedro Fernando
Fernandes de Queiros, Pedro
Fernández de Quirós, Pedro
Kiros, Pedro
Queiros, Pedro Fernandez de (1563-1615)
Queiroz, Pedro Fernandes de
Quir, Ferdinand de
Quir, Pedro Fern*andez de
Quiros, Fernando de
Quiros, Pedro Fernandes de
Quiros, Pedro Fernandez de (1563-1615)
Quiros, Pedro Fernando de
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explorer; navigator
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QUIROS (QUEIROS), PEDRO FERNANDEZ DE (1563?-1615), navigator, was born at Evora, Portugal, but became subject to the King of Spain when the two countries were dynastically united in 1580. Quiros is the Spanish form of the name. He was a supercargo on Portuguese merchant ships and appears to have spent several years seafaring on the Pacific coasts of America. He was recognized as a competent and experienced navigator when in 1595 he was appointed chief pilot of an expedition of four ships under Alvaro de Mendaña setting out to colonize the Solomon Islands, which Mendaña had visited in 1567. They sailed from Callao, Peru, in April 1595 and in three months reached the Marquesas, which Mendaña at first thought were the Solomons. Quiros was most impressed by the natives, as was James Cook 180 years later; they were 'in all things so becoming that … nothing in his life ever caused him so much regret as the leaving of such fine creatures to be lost in that country'. However, they became importunate and many were killed, though Quiros thought 'such evil deeds' were 'not things to do, nor to praise, nor to allow, nor to maintain, nor to refrain from punishing if the occasion permits'.

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  1. 'Quiros, Pedro Fernandez de (1563 - 1615)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, pp 357-358.
    The Last Great Portuguese Navigator (Lisbon, 1961); C. Kelly, ‘The Narrative of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros: Ms. Description, Authorship, History, Printed Text and Translation’, Historical Studies, Australia and New Zealand, vol 9, no 34, May 1960, pp 181-93; J. W. Forsyth, ‘Clio Etwas Gebuckt: Professor Clark's "The Forerunners"’, Journal and Proceedings (Royal Australian Historical Society), vol 49, part 6, Mar 1964, pp 423-52; E. Ortiz y Pi, translation of Capt de Quiros memorials (State Library of New South Wales). More on the resources
    [1967]
    Published: Melbourne University Press

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