# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luis-vaz-de-torres
# Generated: 2026-09-02T21:45:15.569Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luis-vaz-de-torres"
name: "Luís Vaz de Torres"
slug: "luis-vaz-de-torres"
description: "Luís Vaz de Torres, or Luis Váez de Torres in the Spanish spelling, was a 16th- and 17th-century maritime explorer and captain 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."
tagline: "Spanish explorer"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "ES"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1565"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
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  historical:           20.59604533333334
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump