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History of Gough Island

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The details of the discovery of Gough Island are unclear, but the most likely occasion is July 1505 by the Portuguese explorer Gonçalo Álvares. Maps during the next three centuries named the island after him. On some later maps, this was erroneously given as Diego Alvarez.

According to some historians, the English merchant Anthony de la Roché was the first to land on the island, in Spring 1675.

Charles Gough rediscovered the island on 3 March 1732, thinking it was Gonçalo Alvares.

It was named Gonçalo

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