# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jorge-de-menezes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:48:04.477Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jorge-de-menezes"
name: "Jorge de Menezes"
slug: "jorge-de-menezes"
description: "Jorge de Menezes was a Portuguese explorer. Due to a monsoon, he was forced to reside in Versya, posited by Pieter Anton Tiele as Waisai, between 1526 and 1527. Menezes called the region Ilhas dos Papuas, though the name of \"Papua\" was already known at the time. Yet he was still the first European to go ashore and thus credited with the European discovery of New Guinea."
tagline: "Portuguese explorer"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1498"
deathDate: "1537"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.192614513638702
  historical:           12.88823066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "若热·德·梅内塞斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jorge de Meneses"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "خورخي دي مينيزيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "خورخى دى مينيزيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jorge de Meneses"
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  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_de_Meneses"
    title: "Jorge de Meneses"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_de_Meneses"
    title: "Jorge de Meneses"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_de_Menezes"
    title: "Jorge de Menezes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_de_Menezes"
    title: "Jorge de Menezes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_de_Meneses"
    title: "Jorge de Meneses"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_de_Menezes"
    title: "Jorge de Menezes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_de_Meneses"
    title: "Jorge de Meneses"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_de_Meneses"
    title: "Jorge de Meneses"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%88%2C_%D0%96%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B8_%D0%B4%D0%B8"
    title: "Менезиш, Жоржи ди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Жоржі де Мінезіш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump