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Portuguese admiral Tristão da Cunha, commanding, with …
Years: 1506 - 1506
Portuguese admiral Tristão da Cunha, commanding, with Afonso de Albuquerque, a fleet of sixteen ships sailing for India in 1506, is the first to sight a remote group of small volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean; rough seas prevent a landing.
He names the main island after himself, Ilha de Tristão da Cunha, which will be anglicized from its earliest mention on British Admiralty charts to Tristan da Cunha Island.
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Years: 1506 - 1506
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