Casto Méndez Núñez
Casto Secundino María Méndez Núñez was a Spanish naval officer born in Vigo, Galicia. In 1866 during the Chincha Islands War between Spain, Peru and Chile, he was general commander of the Spanish fleet in the Pacific. As such, he bombarded and destroyed the port of Valparaiso, and fought the Battle of Callao Méndez Núñez was the first man to circumnavigate the world on an ironclad warship: "Enloricata navis quae primo terram circuivit".
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Date of Birth
July 1st, 1824
Age
202
Birth Place
Spain, Galicia
Date of Death
August 21st, 1869
Died Aged
45
Star Sign
Cancer
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