ends. Landing at Punta de San Gregorio, he took formal possession of the region for Spain. Only one of his names from this voyage survives today: Bahia Posesión. He spent less than a day in the South Atlantic before turning back, probably not reaching the western entrance before early March 1559. After a stormy passage, he made Valdivia. See also Antonio de Vea expedition Ladrillero Channel References 16th-century explorers 1490s births 1559 deaths Spanish explorers of South America Spanish explorers of the Pacific