Francisco de Hoces

Francisco de Hoces (died 1526) was a Spanish sailor who in 1525 joined the Loaísa Expedition to the Spice Islands as commander of the vessel ''San Lesmes''.

In January 1526, the ''San Lesmes'' was blown by a gale southwards from the eastern mouth of the Strait of Magellan to 56º S latitude. The crew had supposedly had seen an open water connection between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans south of Tierra del Fuego. Provided by Wikipedia