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Landing and Naming
- When
- 21 October 1520
- Where
- Archipelago off Newfoundland
João Álvares Fagundes landed on the islands on 21 October 1520 and named them the "Eleven Thousand Virgins".
The Portuguese explorer arrived on the feast day of Saint Ursula. He named the island group in honor of Saint Ursula and her virgin companions, establishing the first recorded European contact with the archipelago.
Sources
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13
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