Francisco de Hoces (died 1526) was a Spanish sailor who in 1525 joined the Loaísa Expedition to the Spice Islands as commander of the vessel San Lesmes...

the Pacific south of Tierra del Fuego is sometimes attributed to Francisco de Hoces of the Loaisa Expedition. In January 1526, his ship San Lesmes was...

Because of this, the Drake Passage is referred to as the "Mar de Hoces (Sea of Hoces)" in Spanish maps and sources, while almost always in the rest of...

south of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. The first Europeans to encounter the island were the Spanish naval captain Francisco de Hoces and his crew in 1526...

"Indians" were waiting in the forests to ambush his armada. In 1525, Francisco de Hoces was the first to speculate that Tierra del Fuego was one or more islands...

and deserted the expedition. The San Lesmes under the captaincy of Francisco de Hoces was driven south along the coast, possibly to a latitude of 57°, where...

the name of its discoverer in Spanish sources. It appears as Mar de Hoces (Sea of Hoces) in most Spanish-language maps. In English charts however it is...

ocean south of South America was reported by the Spanish navigator Francisco de Hoces in 1525 and by Sir Francis Drake in 1578. The existence of Drake Passage...

Enciclopedia Italiana. Retrieved 6 March 2017 – via Treccani.it. Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen – História General do Brasil – 7th edition -Tome 1 – page...

Juan Sebastián de El Cano – first circumnavigation Fernando de Magallanes discovers Strait of Magellan (54° S) 1526 – Francisco de Hoces reportedly blown...