Pataches were used by the Spanish Armada in the 15th–18th centuries mainly for the protection and monitoring of the overseas territories of the Spanish Empire.
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It is a matter of some contention whether it was this ship or Urdaneta's nao, the San Pedro, that was first to discover the path across the Pacific from the Philippines to New Spain.
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First recorded sighting of Jabat Island was by the Spanish navigator Alonso de Arellano on 8 January 1565 on board of the patache San Lucas.
The first recorded sighting by Europeans of Lib Island happened in the beginning of 1565 by Spanish navigator Alonso de Arellano commanding patache San Lucas.