Alonso de Salazar

Toribio Alonso de Salazar was a Spanish explorer and discoverer. He was the Europeans who discovered the Marshall Islands on August 21 in 1526. As commander of the Santa Maria de la Victoria is not known whether de Salazar has landed. According to him, he sighted the Bokak Atoll. From a circumnavigation under Frey Garcia Jofre de Loaysa, which aimed to extend the previous Ferdinand Magellan, returned his ship as a single back.

  • Discoverer (16th century)
  • Spaniard
  • Born in the 15th or 16th century
  • Died in the 16th century
  • Man
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