Juan Sebastián Elcano

Juan Sebastián Elcano

male, deceased (1526)
Primus circumdedisti me, Gipuzkoa, spanish conquistador, circumnavigate, spanish, algiers…explorer, Basqueexplorer, Explorer of the Pacific
Juan Sebastián Elcano (Getaria, Gipuzkoa, Kingdom of Castille, 1476 - Pacific Ocean, August 4 1526) was a Spanish explorer, who completed the f...
Catalina de Erauso

Catalina de Erauso

female, deceased (1650)
san sebastian, La Monja Alférez, Spanish America, Basqueexplorer, wartime crossdresser, New Spain
Catalina de Erauso, also known as La Monja Alférez (1592, San Sebastián, Spain-1650, Cuetlaxtla, New Spain), was a semilegendary personality of Sp...
Juan de Garay

Juan de Garay

male, deceased (1583)
Santa Fe, spanish, paraguay, Spanish colonization of the Americas, rio de la plata, conquistador…Basqueexplorer
Juan de Garay was a Spanish conquistador. Garay worked and fought for the Spanish Empire, first in the Viceroyalty of Peru, and then at the...
Armand David

Armand David

male, deceased (1900)
French Basques, Basqueexplorer, moth, French, bird, zoology
Father Armand David was a Lazarist missionary Catholic priest as well as a zoologist and a botanist. Born in Espelette near Bayonne, in the...
Lope de Aguirre

Lope de Aguirre

male, deceased (1561)
Rebel, spanish conquistador, death by firearm in Venezuela, spanish, basque, Spanish conquistadore…Basqueexplorer
Lope de Aguirre (c. 1510 - 27 October 1561) was a Spanish Basque "conquistador" in South America. Nicknamed "El Loco", 'the Madman', Aguirre was...
Bruno de Heceta

Bruno de Heceta

male, deceased (1807)
spanish conquistador, viceroy, spanish, Russian, pacific northwest, Explorer of North America…Basqueexplorer
Bruno de Heceta (Hezeta) y Dudagoitia was a Spanish explorer of the Pacific Northwest. Born in Bilbao, he was sent by the viceroy of New Spain,...

Martin de Hoyarçabal

male
writer, Sailor, French, basque, spanish, explorer…Basqueexplorer
Martin de Hoyarçabal was a French Basque mariner. Little is generally known about his life. He was born in Ciboure, in the Iparralde, the French B...