Jorge de Menezes
Portuguese explorer (c.1498–1537) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jorge de Menezes (c. 1498[citation needed] – 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.[1] Menezes called the region Ilhas dos Papuas,[2] though the name of "Papua" was already known at the time. Yet he was still the first European to go ashore[3] and thus credited with the European discovery of New Guinea.[4]
For The Portuguese governor of Ceylon, see Jorge de Meneses Baroche.