Francisco Galí
Francisco Gali (1539 in Seville – 1586 in Manila) was a Spanish sailor and cartographer, active in the second half of the 16th century across the Pacific Ocean and in New Spain and Spanish East Indies, particularly Philippines. At least the last trip was by order of the Spanish viceroy of New Spain, Pedro Moya de Contreras. On his return voyage to Acapulco from Macau in 1584, Gali navigated the ship he was in to a high latitude, which brought the ship along the North American coast; here, he believed to have found evidence of the Strait of Anián, a then supposed northwest passage and boundary between Asia and the Americas.
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Francisco Galí
- Born
- 1539 · Seville.
- Died
- 1591 · Manila.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- cartographer · navigator
- Languages
- Spanish
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Francisco Gali (1539 in Seville – 1586 in Manila) was a Spanish sailor and cartographer, active in the second half of the 16th century across the Pacific Ocean and in New Spain and Spanish East Indies, particularly Philippines. At least the last trip was by order of the Spanish viceroy of New Spain, Pedro Moya de Contreras. On his return voyage to Acapulco from Macau in 1584, Gali navigated the ship he was in to a high latitude, which brought the ship along the North American coast; here, he believed to have found evidence of the Strait of Anián, a then supposed northwest passage and boundary between Asia and the Americas.
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Born at Seville in 1539, died in Manila in 1591.
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- 1.Schurz, William Lytle. Manila Galleon and California. Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 21. 2. 107–126. 1917. 30234744.
- 2.U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Annual Report of the Director, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 135–136 cite book. 2 April 2008. 978-0-8108-6406-1.
- 3.Chapman, Charles E. Gali and Rodriguez Cermenho: Exploration of California. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 23. 3. 204–213. 1920. 0038-478X.
- 4.Rodis, Rodel. Filipinos discovered California. Philippine Daily Inquirer. 13 October 2013.
- 5.William Lytle Shurz. Southwestern Historical Quarterly. Texas State Historical Association. 21. 112. 1920.
- 6.Wagner, H. R. The Voyage of Pedro de Unamuno to California in 1587. California Historical Society Quarterly. 2. 140–160. 1923. 0008-1175.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Inglis, Robin (2008). Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Northwest Coast of America
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- Morato-Moreno, Manuel (2017). The Map of Tlacotalpa by Francisco Gali, 1580: An Early Example of a Local Coastal Chart in Spanish America https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00087041.2017.1323152?src=recsys&journalCode=ycaj20
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