Discovered in 1511 by the Portuguese Francisco Serrano, these shores were successively visited by Don Jorge de Meneses in 1526, by Juan de Grijalva in 1527, by the Spanish general Alvaro de Saavedra in 1528, by Inigo Ortiz in 1545, by the Dutchman Schouten in 1616, by Nicolas Sruick in 1753, by Tasman, Dampier, Fumel, Carteret, Edwards, Bougainville, Cook, McClure, and Thomas Forrest, by Rear Admiral d'Entrecasteaux in 1792, by Louis-Isidore Duperrey in 1823, and by Captain Dumont d'Urville in 1827.
Dit land in 1511 door den Portugees Francisco Serrano ontdekt, werd achtereenvolgens bezocht door don José Meneses in 1526, door Grijalva in 1527, door den Spaanschen generaal Alvar de Saavedra in 1528, door Juigo Ortez in 1545, door Schouten in 1616, door Tasman, Carteret, Bougainville, Cook, Mac Clure, Dumont d'Urville en anderen.