Gabriel de Castilla (1577-1620), was a sailor and Spanish explorer. Events March 17 - formation of the Cathay Company to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold May 28 - Publication of the Bergen Book, better known as the Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord, one of the Lutheran confessional writings. ... Events September 6 - English emigrants on the Mayflower depart from Plymouth, England for the future New England and arrive at the end of the year. ... See also explorations, sea explorers, astronaut, conquistador, travelogue, the History of Science and Technology and Biography. ...

Antarctica

In March 1603, aboard the ship Nuestra Sefiora de la Mercedes, which weighed anchor from Valparaiso. Under his control were three ships: the galleon Jesus Maria, of 600 tons and 30 cannons, Our Lady of the Visitación and Our Lady of the Mercedes. The expedition was entrusted by Virrey of Peru, Don Luis de Velasco and Castile, to repress the incursions of Dutch privateers in the seas to the south of Chile. Historians conjecture that they penetrated to a latitude of (64°S) in the Southern Ocean, south of Drake Passage. If correct, this would be the farthest south that anyone had travelled, at that time. Subsequently, several merchant vessels reported being blown south of 60°S [66·67gS] rounding Cabo de Hornos in severe weather. Look up March in Wiktionary, the free dictionary March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... King James I of England/VII of Scotland, the first monarch to rule the Kingdoms of England and Scotland at the same time Events March - Samuel de Champlain, French explorer, sails to Canada March 24 - Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James I of... Valparaiso is the name of at least three cities and a village: Valparaíso, Chile Valparaiso, Florida Valparaiso, Indiana Valparaiso, Nebraska This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Jesús María could be referring to: The municipality of Jesús María, Aguascalientes, Mexico The municipality of Jesús María, Nayarit, Mexico The municipality of Jesús María, Jalisco, Mexico The district of Jesús María, Peru This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica. ...

Base

The Spanish Antarctica base named "Gabriel de Castilla" is on the island Deception, Shetland Islands. Deception (or mystification) is to intentionally distort the truth in order to mislead others. ... The Shetland Islands, also called Shetland (archaically spelled Zetland) formerly called Hjaltland, comprise one of 32 council areas of Scotland. ...

See also

• List of Antarctica expeditions

Territorial claims of Antarctica List of Antarctica expeditions is a chronological list of expeditions involving Antarctica. ...

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