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Yñigo Ortiz de Retez, a Spanish explorer …
Years: 1545 - 1545
Yñigo Ortiz de Retez, a Spanish explorer in command of the San Juan, had left port in Tidore, an island of the East Indies, on June 13, 1545.
He coasts northern New Guinea as far as the Mamberamo River, near which he lands, and finding its people physically similar to those of West Africa’s Guinea Coast, names the island 'Nueva Guinea,’ claiming it for the Spanish crown.
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Years: 1545 - 1545
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