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Luís Vaz de Torres

Spanish explorer
Person Human Q356808

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
1565
Date of death
1607
Place of death
Manila
Country of citizenship
Spain[6]
Occupation
explorer, seafarer
Languages spoken, written or signed
Spanish[9]
Given name
Luis[8]
Name in native language
Luis Váez de Torres[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Luis Vaz de Torres en Luis Vaez de Torres en Luís Vaz de Torres cs Luis Váez de Torres cs Luís Vaez de Torres de Luiz Váez de Torres de Luiz Vaéz de Torres de Luiz Vaez de Torres es Luis Vaez de Torres es Váez de Torres, Luis fa لوییز تورس fr Luis Vaez de Torres fr Luis Váez de Torres fr Luis Váez de Torrès he לואיס וואז דה טורס id Luis Váez de Torres it Luis Vaez de Torres ja ルイス・デ・トレス ja ルイス・バーエス・デ・トーレス nl Luis Vaz de Torres
🔖 Identifiers · 28
ISNI
0000000095145691
VIAF cluster ID
87618877
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n81017215
GND ID
1051688299
Alexander Turnbull Library ID
97444
Australian Dictionary of Biography ID
torres-luis-vaez-de-2741
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02103175
Encyclopedia of Australian Science ID
P000837b
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Luis-Vaez-de-Torres
FAST ID
1851463
Freebase ID
/m/01v38z
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
luis-vaz-de-torres
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0066877
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Luis_Vaez_de_Torres
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4198369
Historia Hispánica ID
biografias/43834
J9U entity ID
987007272430105171
JRC Names ID
336035
NLA Trove people ID
1466748
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001252997
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069567387
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3988243
People Australia ID
2741
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
6130
Spanish Biographical Dictionary ID
4639/luis-vaez-de-torres
Wellcome Collection concept ID
bgnzrf66
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJx8yvhYYVK84HwYgJDwmd
Yale LUX ID
person/c3df2fe1-5dff-4ea6-bc85-a171a2fd345a

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Country of citizenship 1
Spain
Given name 1
Luis
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Spanish
Occupation 1
explorer
Place of death 1
Manila
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Villalba del Alcor
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Summary

Luís Vaz de Torres was born on January 1, 1565[1]. He died in 1607[2] in Manila[3]. He worked as an explorer[4] and seafarer[5].

FAQs

Where did Luís Vaz de Torres die?

Luís Vaz de Torres passed away in Manila[3].

What did Luís Vaz de Torres do for work?

Luís Vaz de Torres worked as an explorer[4] and seafarer[5].

Related Entities

Spain Villalba del Alcor

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of death → 1607
    "Created claim: Date of death: 1607, date of death from Store norske leksikon (OKA bot task 2)"
  2. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [de] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57891: Import missing aliases from dewiki 1/5"
  3. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Luis
    Country of citizenship → Spain
    Instance of → human
    Sex or gender → male
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32085: import P21 and P106 from GND (27)"
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