Gavutu is a small islet in the Central Province of Solomon Islands, some 500 metres in length. It is one of the Nggela Islands. The first recorded sighting by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Mendaña on 16 April 1568. More precisely the sighting was due to a local voyage done by a small boat, in the accounts the brigantine Santiago…
Gavutu is a small islet in the Central Province of Solomon Islands, some 500 metres in length. It is one of the Nggela Islands. The first recorded sighting by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Mendaña on 16 April 1568. More precisely the sighting was due to a local voyage done by a small boat, in the accounts the brigantine Santiago, commanded by maestre de campo Pedro Ortega Valencia and having Hernán Gallego as pilot.
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