After building a small brigantine, the surrounding islands of Malaita, Guadalcanal, Makira (which was named San Cristobal) and Choiseul Island were explored.
•
Doña Isabel Barreto was honoured in Manila and Quirós was commended for his service and absolved of any responsibility for the killings on Santa Cruz.
•
Over fifty people died on the twelve-week voyage from Santa Cruz, in part due to the lack of food supplies and allegedly Doña Isabel’s refusal to share out her private store of food and water.
Álvaro Uribe | Álvaro Obregón | Alvaro Vitali | Álvaro de Miranda Neto | Álvaro Colom | Álvaro Siza Vieira | Álvaro Espinoza | Álvaro Cunqueiro | Álvaro Carrillo | Álvaro Betancourt | Dom Álvaro Vaz de Almada's coat-of-arms | Dan Alvaro | Corrado Alvaro | Alvaro "Yaqui" Lopez | Álvaro Vargas Llosa | Álvaro Saborío | Alvaro Saborio | Álvaro Recoba | Álvaro Pintos | Álvaro Pérez de Lara | Álvaro Peña Herrero | Álvaro Peña | Alvaro Pascual-Leone | Alvaro Obregón | Álvaro Núñez de Lara (died 1218) | Álvaro Noboa | Álvaro Mutis | Álvaro Martín | Álvaro Gonçalves Pereira | Álvaro Gómez |
The Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña saw it on the feast day of Saint Bernard, on Sunday 20 August 1595 and named it San Bernardo.