# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernardo-de-la-torre
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:29:15.036Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernardo-de-la-torre"
name: "Bernardo de la Torre"
slug: "bernardo-de-la-torre"
description: "Bernardo de la Torre or della Torres was a Spanish explorer during the Age of Discovery. He participated in Ruy López de Villalobos's failed expedition to establish a greater Spanish presence in the East Indies. Stuck for months on the eastern side of Mindanao, the expedition ran low on supplies, suffered repeated accidents, and was discovered and ordered to leave by the Portuguese. López de Villalobos sent De la Torre east across the Pacific Ocean to seek supplies and reinforcements from Mexico. Attempting a new northern route, De la Torre discovered the Volcano Islands—which he named after an eruption active as he passed—before being forced to turn back from lack of water and high storm waves. During this return voyage, his ship became the first known to have circumnavigated Mindanao."
tagline: "Spanish navigator (d. 1545) credited with the sighting and naming of the Volcano Islands, sometimes credited with naming the Philippines, and sometimes miscredited with discovery of the Bonins"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
birthDate: "1500"
deathDate: "1545"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.013644
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Bernardo de la Torre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5"
    title: "Бернардо де ла Торе"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_de_la_Torre"
    title: "Bernardo de la Torre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_de_la_Torre"
    title: "Bernardo de la Torre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_de_la_Torre"
    title: "Bernardo de la Torre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_de_la_Torre"
    title: "Bernardo de la Torre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_de_la_Torre"
    title: "Bernardo de la Torre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B5"
    title: "Бернардо де ла Торре"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350910"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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