Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably.... ) explorer to "discover" the Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands , officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands , is a Micronesian island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator.... on August 21, 1526. De Salazar was in command of Santa Maria de la Victoria but is not known to have landed. He is believed to have sighted the Bokak Atoll
Bokak Atoll
Bokak Atoll is an uninhabited atoll in the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands, located in the North Pacific Ocean at . It is located 684 km north of Majuro Atoll, the Capital of the Marshall Islands, and 280 km north of Bikar Atoll, the closest atoll, making it the most northerly and most isolated atoll of the country.... . His vessel was the last surviving ship from Fray
Garc?a Jofre de Loa?sa , was a Spanish nobleman designated by King Charles I of Spain to command an expedition, known as the Loa?sa expedition, which in 1525 was sent by the Western route to colonize the Spice Islands in the East Indies, thus crossing the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.... 's expedition attempting to expand on Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese people List of maritime explorers who, while in the service of the Spanish Crown, tried to find a westward route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia.... 's previous global
Globe
A globe is a three-dimensional scale Model of Earth or other spheroid celestial body such as a planet, star, or moon. It may also refer to a spherical representation of the celestial sphere, showing the apparent positions of the stars in the sky ... circumnavigation
Circumnavigation
To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth, is to travel all the way around it by boat or ship. More recently, the term has also been used to cover aerial round-the-world flights.... .
