Jorge de Menezes Portuguese Explorer
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| First Name |
Jorge
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| Middle Name |
De
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| Last Name |
Menezes
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1497
|
| Died |
1537
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| Nationality |
Portuguese
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| Occupation |
Explorer
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Jorge de Menezes (c. 1498 – 1537) 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.
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