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Luís Vaz de Torres

Spanish explorer

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Born 1565Spain
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Updated 2026-06-21

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.

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