Andrés de Urdaneta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Andrés de Urdaneta

Spanish Basque explorer

Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1498

Place of Birth: Ordizia, Basque Country, Spain

Date of Death: 03-Jun-1568

Profession: writer, geographer, explorer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Friar Andrés de Urdaneta, OSA (Spanish pronunciation: [an'd?es] : Ordizia, November 30, 1498 or 1508 – Mexico City, June 3, 1568) was a Spanish circumnavigator, explorer and Augustinian friar.
As a navigator he achieved in 1536 the "second" world circumnavigation (after the first one led by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano and their crew in 1522).
Urdaneta discovered and plotted a path across the Pacific from the Philippines to Acapulco in the Viceroyalty of New Spain (present day Mexico) used by the Manila galleons, which came to be known as "Urdaneta's route".
He was considered as "protector of the Indians" for his treatment of the Filipino natives; also the first prelate of Cebu and the Philippines in general.