Luis Vaez De Torres
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Gender | Male |
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Died | Manila |
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Job | Explorer |
Nationality | Spanish |
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ID | 436979 |
Luis Vaez De Torres Life story
Luís Vaz de Torres, or Luis Váez de Torres in the Spanish spelling, was a 16th- and 17th-century maritime explorer of a Spanish expedition noted for the first recorded European navigation of the strait that separates the Australian mainland from the island of New Guinea, and which now bears his name.