Rodrigues Island
Alfred North-Coombes records that maps of the island dated to 1540 carried the following inscriptions "i que achou Diogo Roiz". Diego's surname Rodrigues included "Roiz" (or Royes as it was written in some Dutch maps) as it was a royal diminutive of Rodrigues, who was knighted and received the royal confirmation from King João III, an honor granted only to those Rodrigues aristocratic families for service to the monarch or country. It is also concluded that the exact date of discovering the island of Rodrigues by Dom Diogo Roiz Rodrigues was between 4 and 9 February 1528. The island was afterwards called Rodrigues Island.
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