Alonso de Salazar

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Alonso Toribio de Salazar (* unknown; † September 5, 1526 off the island of Guam ) was a Spanish explorer . He was the European who discovered the Marshall Islands on August 21, 1526 as the commander of the Santa Maria de la Victoria . However, it is not known whether de Salazar landed. According to him, he sighted the Bokak Atoll - Atoll . His ship was the only one to return from a circumnavigation of the world under Frey Garcia Jofre de Loaysa , which had the aim of expanding the knowledge of the previous circumnavigation by Ferdinand Magellan .

A few days after discovering the Marshall Islands, he died of scurvy on September 5, 1526 , just a few hours after his ship left the port of Guam.

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SURNAME Salazar, Alonso de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Salazar, Alonso Toribio de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish explorer
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century or 16th century
DATE OF DEATH September 5, 1526
Place of death Guam