Yñigo Ortiz de Retez

Íñigo Ortiz de řetěz was a Spanish navigator and explorer of the 16th century, who discovered the island of New Guinea and gave it the name " Nueva Guinea ".

On June 13, 1545 Ortiz de řetěz left as commander of the San Juan harbor of Tidore, a Moluccan island, and reached the north coast of the island of New Guinea. Íñigo Ortiz de řetěz sailed along the coast to the mouth of Mamberamo. He took the island for the Spanish crown in possession and gave it the name Nueva Guinea because of the similarity of the inhabitants with the people of the Guinea Coast in West Africa.

  • Pacific driver
  • Discoverer (16th century)
  • Spaniard
  • Born in the 15th or 16th century
  • Died in the 16th or 17th century
  • Man
Maluku Islands Mamberamo River Guinea (Region)
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