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Luis de Mendoza (died 2 April 1520) was a Spanish mariner and explorer. He was captain of the naoVictoria and treasurer of theMagellan-Elcano´s expedition. He died inPatagonia while participating in a mutiny againstMagellan.
Mendoza was a member ofMagellan's circumnavigation of the world, the initial captain of theVictoria. He was appointed byCharles I of Spain on March 30, 1519 as treasurer of the navy "for the discovery of the Spices", that had the purpose of finding a route to theSpice Islands within the limits of the Spanish demarcation to the Spice Islands. These limits had been agreed with Portugal in theTreaty of Tordesillas of 1494, establishing a line of demarcation that divided the world between both crowns.
During the expedition,Juan de Cartagena asked Magellan to tell him the route they were following, but the Portuguese never revealed this information to the crew. This annoyed Cartagena and others. During a meeting, Magellan arrested Cartagena and replaced him with Antonio de Coca, first, and then withÁlvaro de Mezquita.
In march 30th 1520 the expedition arrived at theSan Julian Bay, where Magellan decided to rest during the winter, where he left Cartagena under the vigilance ofGaspar de Quezada. During the winter some members of the crew started a mutiny, demanding that Magellan share the information about the route. Mendoza was one of the leaders of this riot.
He was killed while leading amutiny against Magellan inPatagonia, stabbed to death in the throat and head by a Magellan loyalist.[1][2]
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