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    The Loaísa expedition was an early 16th-century Spanish voyage of discovery to the Pacific Ocean, commanded by García Jofre de Loaísa [es] (1490 – 20...
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    expedition (1519–1522), Charles V sent a second expedition under García Jofre de Loaísa to colonise the islands, based on the assertion that they were in...
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  • Marshall Islands on 21 August 1526. Born in Biscay, de Salazar was part of the Fray García Jofre de Loaísa's expedition from Spain to the Spice Islands in 1525...
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    Elcano was back at sea as a member of the Loaísa expedition to the Moluccas with García Jofre de Loaísa, who had been appointed by Charles V as captain-general...
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    Spain. However, due to the failure of the expeditions of García Jofre de Loaísa and Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, the latter being sent by Cortés himself to...
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    Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain in 1522. After Magellan's expedition, four more expeditions were made to the islands, led by García Jofre de Loaísa in 1525...
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    expedition of García Jofre de Loaísa between 1525 and 1536. None of the seven original ships of the Loaísa expedition nor its first four leaders—Loaísa, Elcano...
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  • Spanish navigators García Jofre de Loaísa in 1526, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón in 1527, Alvaro de Mendaña in 1567 and 1595, and Pedro Fernandes de Queirós in 1606...
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  • beginning of the sixteenth century, and it was supposedly visited by García Jofre de Loaísa on 20 October 1525 while on a voyage to the Moluccas. It appeared...
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    Islands and secure a Spanish foothold in the lucrative spice trade. García Jofre de Loaísa was appointed commander of the expedition and Elcano was appointed...
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