Andrés Deurdaneta
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About
Augustinian friar and explorer who journeyed across the Pacific Ocean from the Philippines to Acapulco, a way which was eventually named Urdaneta's Route.
Before Fame
He spent the years of 1526 to 1534 in the Spice Islands.
Trivia
He wrote an account of his voyages, one of which is kept in the archives of the Council of the Indies.
Family Life
He was an orphan in his earlier years.
Associated With
He and film actor Antonio Banderas were both born in Spain.
