# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alonso-de-camargo
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:59:08.759Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alonso-de-camargo"
name: "Alonso de Camargo"
slug: "alonso-de-camargo"
description: "Alonso de Camargo was a 16th-century Spanish naval officer and navigator who, in 1539, commanded one of the three ships—its name now lost but later renamed Incógnita—in the expedition known as the Armada of the Bishop of Plasencia. The expedition was financed by the bishop himself, who was his relative, and led by friar Francisco de la Ribera. Its objective was to settle in Tierra del Fuego and cross to the Pacific Ocean. Although the settlement attempt failed, Camargo's ship, the Incógnita, is believed to have accidentally discovered the Falkland Islands, which he named the Islands of Samson, in early 1540. He is also believed to have reached the Pacific coast later that same year after successfully navigating through the Strait of Magellan to arrive in Peru. He was the son of Luis de Camargo and Beatriz Álvarez, and a relative of Francisco de Camargo."
tagline: "Spanish sailor"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1500"
deathDate: "1546"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.00936
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso_de_Camargo"
    title: "Alonso de Camargo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso_de_Camargo"
    title: "Alonso de Camargo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso_de_Camargo"
    title: "Alonso de Camargo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso_de_Camargo"
    title: "Alonso de Camargo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso_de_Camargo"
    title: "Alonso de Camargo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso_de_Camargo"
    title: "Alonso de Camargo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso_de_Camargo"
    title: "Alonso de Camargo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso_de_Camargo"
    title: "Alonso de Camargo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4845072"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump