Juan Gaetano
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Juan Gaetano was a Spanish sailor who some scholars claim was one of the first Europeans to find the Hawaiian Islands in 1555, two centuries prior to Captain James Cook. Most scholars have dismissed these claims as lacking credibility.[1][2]
According to these claims, Spanish archives allegedly contain a chart that depicts islands in the latitude of Hawaii but with the longitude ten degrees east of the Islands. In this manuscript, the Island of Maui is named "La Desgradiada" (the unfortunate), and what appears to be the Island of Hawaii is named "La Mesa" (the table). Islands resembling Kahoolawe, Lanai, and Molokai are named "Los Monjes" (the monks).[3] Debate continues as to whether the Hawaiian Islands were actually visited by the Spanish in the 16th century[4] with researchers like Richard W. Rogers looking for evidence of Spanish shipwrecks in Hawaii.[5][6]
[edit] See also
- History of the Philippines (1521-1898)
- Spanish East Indies
- Manila galleon
- Alvarado de Saavedra
- Ruy López de Villalobos
[edit] References
- ^ By Oliver, Douglas L. (1989). The Pacific Islands. University of Hawaii Press. p. 45. ISBN 0824812336
- ^ Coulter, John Wesley. (Jun, 1964) "Great Britain in Hawaii: The Captain Cook Monument". The Geographical Journal, Vol. 130, No. 2. doi:10.2307/1794586
- ^ Hawaii National Park. (June 1959). "Hawaii Nature Notes". The Publication of the Naturalist Division, Hawaii National Park, and the Hawaii Natural History Association.
- ^ Horwitz, Tony. (2003). Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before. p.452. ISBN 03124226
- ^ Rogers, Richard W. (1999). Shipwrecks of Hawaii: A Maritime History of the Big Island. Pilialoha Press
- ^ "Perhaps the leading authority on Hawaiian shipwrecks today", writes Peter von Buol, referring to Richard W. Rogers in the Fall 2006, Vol. 38, No. 3 issue of Prologue Magazine, published by the NARA.
