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What did Luis vaez de Torres and friends find?
The strait which separates the continent of Australia from the island of New Guinea, and which now bears his name (Torres Strait).
Name the two seas Torres Strait separates?
what is the two biggest sea that it close to the Torres strait separates.
What is the name of the strait between New Guinea and the mainland of Australia?
This strait is Torres Strait.
What achievements has Luis Vaez De Torres done?
Luis Vaez de Torres is noted for the first recorded navigation of the strait which separates the continent of Australia from the island of New Guinea, and which now bears his name (Torres Strait).
What was the name of the dutch sailor from the poem Song of the Torres Strait Islands by Ernest Favenc?
Captain Luis Vaez de Torres was the Dutch sailor from the poem. He discovered the Torres Strait Islands.
Name the two seas that the Torres Strait separates?
There are 2 seas which are separated by the Torres Strait. These two seas are the Coral Sea on the east and the Arafura Sea on the west.
What famous explorer had the surname 'de Torres'?
It was Luis de Torres (full name Luis Váez de Torres) from Portugal, Spain, Galicia or Holland who discovered the western coast of Australia. Saavedra's Isle, more commonly known as Papua New Guinea (the small country on top of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia) was also discovered by this explorer who lived in the late 1600s. The body of water between northern Australia (Cape York Peninsula, as mentioned before) and Saavedra's Isle was founded by Torres, which is why this water mass is called the Torres Strait and the inhabitants of the island near the strait called Torres Strait Islanders, being the people of the Torres Strait Island. His expedition was worth it - because now (but he probably doesn't know this) 3 things are named after him - a strait, an island and the inhabitants of that island.Also see Luis Vaz/Váez de Torres on Wikipedia the free encyclopedia. This website is the second match if you type Luis Váez de Torres (or Luis Vaez de Torres) into the Google/iGoogle search engine, and the first match if you type Luis Váz de Torres (or Luis Vaz de Torres) into the same search engine. If you type his name without the middle name into the same search engine, the website will come up as the third match.
What is the name of the headdress on the Torres Strait Islander flag?
It is a dhari (A dancer's headdress)
What is the Torres Strait Islander language?
There are several languages of the Torres Strait Islanders.The western-central Torres Strait language does not have a single name, but the dialects are Kalaw Lagaw Ya, Kalau Kawau Ya, Kulkalgau Ya and Kawalgau Ya - also called Kowrareg.The eastern Torres Strait language is a Papuan language - Meriam Mir.In addition, there is a Torres Strait Creole, which developed from Pacific English around about the 1880s, and is variously known as Blaikman Tok, Broken/Brokan or Yumplatok.
Name the island that is separated from the South island by Foveaux Strait?
Stewart Island is separated from the South Island by Foveaux Strait.
What is the name of the biggest island in the Bass Strait?
King Island
What is the name of a native Australian?
Australia's original inhabitants are commonly known as indigenous Australians, or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
