Gomes de Sequeira

{{short description|Portuguese explorer}}

Gomes de Sequeira was a Portuguese explorer in the early 16th century. It has been suggested by some historians{{who|date=March 2021}} that Gomes de Sequeira may have sailed to the northeast coast of Australia as part of his explorations, although this is disputed.{{Cite book|last=Collingridge|first=George|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TK86AQAAMAAJ&q=Gomes+de+Sequeira&pg=PA315|title=The Discovery of Australia: A Critical, Documentary and Historic Investigation Concerning the Priority of Discovery in Australasia by Europeans Before the Arrival of Lieut. James Cook, in the "Endeavour", in the Year 1770 ...|date=1895|publisher=Hayes brothers|pages=315|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NKAnAQAAIAAJ&q=Gomes+de+Sequeira|title=Historical Studies|date=1957|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Boxer|first=Charles Ralph|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zt0LAAAAIAAJ&q=Gomes+de+Sequeira|title=João de Barros, Portuguese Humanist and Historian of Asia|date=1981|publisher=Concept|isbn=978-81-7022-182-1|pages=111|language=en}}

In 1525 Gomes de Sequeira was pilot of a small ship captained by Diogo da Rocha, when in the Molucca Passage it was driven 200 to 300 leagues to the northeast by a storm to a large island. The island was given the name Ilha de Gomes de Sequeira. In 1975 William A. Lessa identified the island as Ulithi in the Caroline Islands.{{cite web|title=The Portuguese Discovery of the Isles of Sequeira|url=https://micronesica.org/sites/default/files/the_portuguese_discovery_of_the_isles_of_sequeira_by_lessa_w.a._-micronesica_vol.11_no.1_jul._1975_o.pdf|publisher=Micronesica vol.11 no.1 July 1975 pages 35-70 | last1=Lessa| first1=William A.}}