Luís Vaz de Torres
16th- and 17th-century Galician maritime explorer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Luis Vaez de Torres?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
For other people named Luis Torres, see Luis Torres (disambiguation).
Luís Vaz de Torres (Galician and Portuguese), or Luis Váez de Torres in the Spanish spelling (born c. 1565; fl. 1607), was a 16th- and 17th-century maritime explorer of a Spanish expedition noted for the first recorded European navigation of the strait that separates the Australian mainland from the island of New Guinea, and which now bears his name (Torres Strait).