Bernardo de la Torre
✓ Source-basedrisingSpanish 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
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.
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![Malabrigo, Las dos Hermanos, Los Bolcanes and La Farfana, as shown on Abraham Ortelius's 1589 Maris Pacifici.[4]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Los_Bolcanes_and_La_Farfana%2C_on_Abraham_Ortelius%2C_Maris_Pacifici%2C_1589.tif/lossless-page1-1280px-Los_Bolcanes_and_La_Farfana%2C_on_Abraham_Ortelius%2C_Maris_Pacifici%2C_1589.tif.png)
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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.
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