Talk:Torres Islands

Inconsistency
Name Section: "... sometime in the early nineteenth century the name Torres was given to the group by European cartographers in remembrance of the sixteenth-century Portuguese or Spanish navigator working for the Spanish Crown, Luis Váez de Torres, who briefly visited some of the islands of North and Central Vanuatu in April, May and June of 1606, and whose name was also given to the important Torres Strait that separates mainland Australia from the island of New Guinea. Ironically, neither Torres, his commander Pedro Fernández de Quirós, nor any of their subordinates ever saw, heard of or even came near to the Torres Islands during their cruise through the archipelago. Nevertheless, through its repeated appearance in European charts, the name of Torres eventually stuck and the islands have been known as such for almost two hundred years."

History Section: "The Torres Islands were discovered by Spanish explorer Luís Vaz de Torres sailing in the Queiros expedition of 1606. This navigator also discovered the Strait that bears his name between New Guinea and Australia."

Perhaps someone with specialist knowledge can resolve this flat contradiction.Opbeith (talk) 14:34, 19 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I've found no reference supporting Torres' discovery of these islands. Not definitely in [Hilder, 1980] which is the most authorized modern source on the Torres expedition. The only island I find that was charted after Torres, was by himself and his expedition in 1606. It was charted as Capitan Luis Vaes de Torres and correspnds to the present Aiduma Island in West New Guinea (Indonesia). I've corrected the inconsistency. The explanation about how Torres islands received that name, is also obscure, and deserves further explanation and references if possible.Mateo Flecha (talk) 10:55, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Rumours?
A section named "Rumours", spiced up with exclamation marks, isn't very encylopedial. Furthermore, neither the alledged rumours nor their refutations are sourced. I'll delete the section, maybe someone can flesh out the hard facts from it. --Zumbo (talk) 08:38, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

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