Alonso de Arellano re-discovered the Philippines, after what Portugese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522?
Alonso de Arellano Alonso de Arellano was a 16th-century Spanish explorer who commanded one ship out of five fleets that re-discovered the Philippines after the Magellan and López de Villalobos expedition. Spanish and Philippine historians stated that Arellano actually discovered the Philippines first before Miguel López de Legazpi, splitting off from the rest of the fleet in the galleon patache "San Lucas", piloted by Lope Martín, after leaving the port of Barra de Navidad in Mexico. Arellano discovered a number of islands in January 1565 and sailed back to Acapulco, becoming the first navigator to established the "Urdaneta's Route" in the Pacific Ocean. Andrés de Urdaneta was part of the fleet of Arellano, who had separated from the group and discovered the same path afterwards. Urdaneta kept better documents and maps of the voyage and so the credit was given to him by historians.
Loaísa expedition The Loaísa expedition was a 16th-century voyage of discovery to the Pacific Ocean, commanded by Garcia Jofre de Loaísa (1490 – 20 July 1526) and ordered by King Charles I of Spain to colonize the Spice Islands in the East Indies. The seven-ship fleet sailed from La Coruña (Spain) in July 1525 and became the second naval expedition to cross the Pacific Ocean in history, after Magellan-Elcano's voyage. The expedition resulted in the discovery of the Sea of Hoces, south of Cape Horn and, the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. One ship ultimately arrived in the Spice Islands on New Year's Day of 1527.