JUAN See also:

• FERNANDEZ, ALVARO
• FERNANDEZ, DIEGO
• FERNANDEZ, JOHN (Joao, Joam)
• JUAN FERNANDEZ (fl. c. 1570)
• FERNANDEZ, LUCAS

FERNANDEZ (fl. c. 1570)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish navigator and discoverer . While navigating the coasts of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America it occurred to him that the south winds constantly prevailingnear the See also:

• SHORE

shore, and retarding voyages between See also:

• PERU
• PERU (apparently from Biru, a small river on the west coast of Colombia, where Pizarro landed)

Peru and See also:

• CHILE, or CHILI (derived, it is said, from the Quichua chin , cold, or tchili, snow)

Chile, might not exist farther out at See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . His See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea proved correct, and by the help of the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade winds and some currents at a distance from the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast he sailed with such rapidity (See also:

• THIRTY

thirty days) from See also:

• CALLAO

Callao to Chile that he was apprehended on a See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of sorcery . His inquisitors, however, accepted his natural explanation of the marvel . During one of his voyages in 1563 (from See also:

• LIMA

Lima to See also:

• VALDIVIA

Valdivia) See also:

• FERNANDEZ, ALVARO
• FERNANDEZ, DIEGO
• FERNANDEZ, JOHN (Joao, Joam)
• FERNANDEZ, JUAN (fl. c. 1570)
• FERNANDEZ, LUCAS

Fernandez discovered the islands which now See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear his name . He was so enchanted with their beauty and fertility that he solicited the concession of them from the Spanish See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . It was granted in 1572, but a See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony which he endeavoured to establish at the largest of them (See also:

• ISLA, JOSE FRANCISCO DE (1703-1781)

Isla Mas-a-Tierra) soon See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke up, leaving behind the goats, whose progeny were hunted by See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• SELKIRK
• SELKIRK (or SELCRA1G), ALEXANDER (1676-1721)
• SELKIRK, THOMAS DOUGLAS, 5TH EARL OF (1771–1820)

Selkirk . In 1574 Fernandez discovered St See also:

• FELIX
• FELIX, ANTONIUS
• FELIX, LIA (1830– )

Felix and St See also:

• AMBROSE (AMBROISE), AUTPERT (d.' 778)
• AMBROSE (ANDREY SERTIS-KAMENSKIY) (1708-1771)
• AMBROSE (fl. 119o)
• AMBROSE, ISAAC (1604-1663/4)
• AMBROSE, SAINT (c. 340-307)

Ambrose islands (in 27° S., 82° 7' W.); and in 1576, while voyaging in the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern ocean, he is said to have sighted not only See also:

• EASTER

Easter See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, but also a See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent, which was probably See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia or New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand if the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story (rejected by most critics, but with reservations as to Easter Island) is to' be accepted . See J . L . Arias, Memoir recommending to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king the See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion of the new discovered islands (in Spanish, 1609 ; Eng. trans., 1773) ; Ulloa, Relation del Viaje, bk. ii. ch. iv.; Alexander Dalrymple, An See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Collection of the several Voyages and Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1769–1771); Freville, Voyages de la Mer du Sud See also:

• PAR (Lat. par, equal)

par See also:

• LES

les Espagnols .