Yñigo Ortiz de Retez

Spanish maritime explorer

1510 CE to 1580 CE

Yñigo Ortiz de Retez (fl.

1545) is a sixteenth-century Spanish maritime explorer, who navigates the northern coastline of the Pacific - Melanesian island of New Guinea, and is credited with bestowing the island's name ("Nueva Guinea").

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