page_title: Andrés de Urdaneta
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Andrés de Urdaneta / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Urdaneta, Pangasinan[1]
context_page_description: Friar Andrés de Urdaneta, OSA was a maritime explorer for the Spanish Empire, an Augustinian friar of Basque heritage. As a navigator, he achieved, in 1536, the second world circumnavigation. In 1565, Urdaneta discovered and plotted an easterly route across the Pacific Ocean, from the Philippines to Acapulco in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which was used by the Manila galleons and came to be known as "Urdaneta's route". He was considered as "protector of the Indians" for his treatment of the Philippine natives; also the first prelate of Cebu and the Philippines in general.
context_section_description: From Mexico, Urdaneta went to Europe to make a report on the expedition and then returned to New Spain, intending to continue on to the Philippines. However, he was dissuaded by his friends. He wrote two accounts of his voyages: one giving the account of the Loaisa expedition was published; the other, which gives the account of his return voyage, is preserved in manuscript in the archives of the Council of the Indies.
  For the remainder of the 16th and 17th centuries, Spanish ships, particularly the annual Manila-Acapulco trading Galleon, used "Urdaneta's route."
  In the Philippines, the city of Urdaneta in Pangasinan was named after him. The same city is the seat of one of the biggest dioceses on the country.
  Urdaneta died in Mexico City in 1568.
caption: A memorial to Urdaneta stands in Urdaneta, Pangasinan (a town named in his honor).
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