Ruy López de Villalobos (Spanish pronunciation: [ruj ˈlopeθ ðe βiʝaˈloβos]; c. 1500 – 23 April 1546) was a Spanish explorer who led a failed attempt to...
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Ruy López may refer to: Ruy López de Segura, 16th-century Spanish priest and early chess master Ruy Lopez, one of the oldest and most popular chess openings...
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chief pilot for Pedro de Alvarado on a voyage to Peru and in 1542 he sailed with Ruy López de Villalobos to the Philippines. Ginés de Mafra was born in the...
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Bernardo de la Torre or della Torres (died 1545) was a Spanish explorer during the Age of Discovery. He participated in Ruy López de Villalobos's failed...
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expeditions led by Ferdinand Magellan had landed in 1521, and Ruy López de Villalobos in 1543. From his base in Mexico City, he led the expedition to...
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Philippines (redirect from Islas de Filipinas)
the beginning of Spanish colonization. In 1543, Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of King Philip...
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erected as a memory to these journeys at the end of the jetty. Ruy López de Villalobos (1500–1544) fleet of six galleon ships, the Santiago, Jorge, San...
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islands. It was bestowed by the Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos or one of his captains Bernardo de la Torre in 1543 in honor of the crown prince...
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expedition led by Ruy López de Villalobos landed in Mindanao. When Ferdinand Magellan and his European crew sailed from Sanlúcar de Barrameda for an expedition...
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singer Björk Ruy López de Segura, Spanish priest after whom the Ruy López opening is named Ruy López de Villalobos, Spanish explorer Santos López Pelegrín...
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