Episode 1 of 1
Sighting and Naming of the Islands
- When
- 1506
- Where
- Tristan da Cunha archipelago
Tristão da Cunha sights the islands in 1506 and names the main island after himself despite rough seas preventing a landing.
In 1506, while commanding a fleet of 15 ships to East Africa and India, Tristão da Cunha sighted the remote volcanic islands. Although rough seas prevented a landing, he named the main island Ilha de Tristão da Cunha, a designation that persisted and was later anglicized.
Sources
- Tristan da Cunha Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18
- Tristão da Cunha Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-24
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.