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An illustration of early European ships sighting the Cape York area

Premier and Chief Secretary's Department1880-01-01/1920-12-31

Queensland State Archives

Queensland State Archives
Runcorn, Australia

Luis Váez de Torres 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.

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