Ruy-lopez Sentence Examples

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  • Fuller knowledge of this coast was acquired by Alvaro de Saavedra (1527-1529), and among later voyages those of Ruy Lopez de Villalobos (1542-1545) and Miguel Lopez de Legaspi (1564-1565) should be mentioned.

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  • The islands were sighted in 1543 by Ruy Lopez de Villalobos, who named them the Arrecifos.

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  • This fact, however, was ignored and in 1542 an attempt to conquer the Philippines was made by Ruy Lopez de Villabos (c. 1500-1544).

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