Spanish Voyages of the Eighteenth Century

Though Spanish voyages in the north Pacific between America and the Philippines continued regularly, there was a long period between the voyage of Quiros in 1605-1606 and the time when a Spanish voyage was made west into the south Pacific. The few that were made were the result of Spain's fear page 60that the British might occupy some islands which would prove a menace to her South American possessions, and the last and most important south Pacific voyage made was an accident caused by contrary winds. The list of voyages follows:

Date	Leader	Ships	Islands Visited
1770-1771	Gonzalez, Felipe	San Lorenzo and Santa Rosalia	Easter Island
1772-1773	Boenechea, Domingo	Aguila	Tuamotu, Society
1774-1775	Boenechea, Domingo Gayangos, Thomas	Aguila and Jupiter	Tuamotu, Society Raivavae
1775-1776	Langara, Cayetano de	Aguila	Tuamotu, Tahiti
1780-1781	Maurelle, Francisco A.	La Princessa	Vavau, Late