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Diogo Rodrigues

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  • Diogo Rodrigues (16th century) Portuguese explorer of the Indian Ocean, after whom the island of Rodrigues is named. Named the islands of Réunion, Mauritius, and Rodrigues the Mascarene or Mascarenhas Islands, after his countrymen Pedro Mascarenhas.

 

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