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Pedro Fernandez de Quiros (International) assertion Pedro Fernandez de Quiros i(A54227 works by)
This international person is included in AustLit to identify a relationship with Australian literature.
Born: Established: 1563
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Portugal,
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 1615 At sea,
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Pedro Fernandez de Quiros was a Portugese/Spanish navigator. He became a Spanish subject when Portugal and Spain were dynastically united in 1580. Quiros explored in the Pacific in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.

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  • This international person is included in AustLit because he is the subject of Australian literary comment, adaptation or creative writing.

  • See also the full Australian Dictionary of Biography Online entry for Quiros, Pedro Fernandez de (1563–1615).

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