Pedro Serrano (seafarer)
Pedro Serrano was a Spanish navigator . Serrano had the rank of captain. He became famous as a survivor of a shipwreck in 1528 that left him stranded on a sandbar in the Caribbean . He was not saved until 1536.
The Serrana Bank atoll was named in his honor.
literature
- Lesley Byrd Simpson: “The Spanish Crusoe. An Account by Maese Joan of Eight Years Spent as a Castaway on the Serrana Keys in the Caribbean Sea, 1528-1536 “, in: The Hispanic American Historical Review , Vol. 9, Issue 3 (1929), pp. 368-376.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Serrano, Pedro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish navigator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century or 16th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th Century |