Back إيزابيل باريتو Arabic Isabel de Barreto Breton Isabel Barreto de Castro Catalan Isabel Barreto Spanish Isabel Barreto French Isabel de Barreto Galician איסבל בארטו HE Isabel Barreto Polish Isabel Barreto Swedish
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Isabel Barreto de Castro (Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain), (1567 – 1612) was a Spanish sailor and traveler, one of the earliest known woman to hold the office of admiral in the history.[1] She was purportedly the granddaughter of Francisco Barreto, governor of Portuguese India.[2] Isabel Barreto married Alvaro de Mendaña,[3] Spanish navigator, patron of several expeditions to the Pacific Ocean, and European discoverer of the Solomon Islands and the Marquesas Islands.
- ^ Hiatt, Alfred; Wrthham, Christopher (2016). European Perceptions of Terra Australis. Routledge. p. 144. ISBN 978-1317139454.
- ^ "Isabel Barreto, navegante y descubridora". La Voz de Galicia (in European Spanish). October 31, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- ^ Gómez-Lucena, Eloísa. Españolas del Nuevo Mundo: ensayos biográficos, siglos XVI-XVII. Biografía de Isabel Barreto (pp. 103-120). Madrid: Cátedra, 2013. ISBN 978-84-376-3202-5.
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