Niccoloso da Recco's expedition explores the Canary Islands.

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Niccoloso da Recco's expedition explores the Canary Islands.
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In 1341, a Portuguese expedition led by the Genoese navigator Niccoloso da Recco explored the archipelago and returned to Lisbon with information about its islands and inhabitants.

Sources

  • José de Viera y Clavijo (ed. Manuel de Paz Sánchez), Historia de Canarias, Vol. I (Noticias de la Historia General de las Islas Canarias) (2016)[↗]
  • G. Marcelo Wirnitzer, A new approach to retranslating the 1341 voyage to the Canary Islands (Parallèles 35(1)) (2023)[↗]

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