Nicoloso da Recco
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Nicoloso da Recco was a Genovese navigator of the XIV century who visited the Canary Islands in 1341 on behalf of Afonso IV of Portugal. He is credited with providing the first reliable account of the language used by the aboriginal inhabitants of the Canary Islands, the Guanches.
An Italian Navy destroyer, Nicoloso Da Recco, bore his name during the Second World War.