Loaísa expedition
| Country | Spanish Empire |
|---|---|
| Leader | García Jofre de Loaysa |
| Start | 24 July 1525 |
| End |
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| Goal | Colonize Spice Islands, rescue Trinidad |
| Ships | 7 |
| Crew | 450 |
| Survivors | 79, including 50 aboard Santiago and 4 rescued from Sangir |
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The Loaísa expedition was an early 16th-century Spanish voyage of discovery to the Pacific Ocean, commanded by García Jofre de Loaísa (1490 – 20 July 1526) and ordered by King Charles I of Spain to colonize the Spice Islands in the East Indies. The seven-ship fleet sailed from La Coruña, Spain in July 1525 and became the second naval expedition in history to cross the Pacific Ocean, after the Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation. The expedition resulted in the discovery of the Sea of Hoces south of Cape Horn, and the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. One ship ultimately arrived in the Spice Islands in September 1526.