12/13 Samiento and Mendana sail from Peru in search of Western Islands, and Continental Land; they discover the Solomon Islands. Sarmiento and Mendana return to America. Mendana and Pedro Fernandez de Queiroz set sail from Peru in search of the Solomon Islands; they fail in their attempt, and reach the island of Santa Cruz, to the West of the Solomons, where they attempt a settlement. The remnant of Mendana's expedition reach New Spain. De Queiroz sets sail from Peru, with the object of renewing the attempt at settlement in the island of Santa Cruz, and from thence to search for the Great Australian Continent. |