Claim profile

Pedro Fernandes de Queirós

Portuguese explorer

  • Fame51.3
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia2.1K
Source-basedFalling
Lived 1565–1614, aged 49
  • Wikipedia
    32 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1565–1614
    Aged 49
Summary
Updated 2026-06-18

Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1563–1614) was a Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain. He is best known for leading several Spanish voyages of discovery in the Pacific Ocean, in particular the 1595–1596 voyage of Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira, and for the 1605–1606 expedition that crossed the Pacific in search of Terra Australis.

Where to find them

Platforms

No platforms connected yet.

By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Falling
51.3
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Historical20.4
Source confidence60.0
Completeness40.0
Global rank
—
Country rank
—
Category rank
—
Receipts

Sources