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Juan Gaetano was a navigator, navigator and discoverer of Italian origin, in the service of Spain made ​​several exploratory trips in the Pacific Ocean in the 16th century. In 1542, he was a pilot for a company of Ruy López de Villalobos, 1555, he embarked on a separate drive. The interpretation of its reports, however, raises problems. Whether Gaetano has discovered the islands of Hawaii, is controversial.