(1565–1615) was a Spanish explorer. In 1606, he sailed the Pacific Ocean, from Callao, Peru as far as the New Hebrides. In search of a reported southland, he landed on an island, planted a large cross and read the proclamation from which Australia got its name:
I, Captain Pedro Fernandez de Quiros … hoist this emblem of the Holy Cross on which His person was crucified and whereon He gave His life for the ransom and remedy of all the human race. … On this Day of Pentecost, 14 May 1606. … I take possession of all this part of the South as far as the pole in the name of Jesus. … From now on, shall be called the Southern Land of the Holy Ghost [La Terra Australia del Espiritu Santo] … to the end that to all the natives, in all the said lands, the holy and sacred evangel may be preached zealously and openly.148