João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of "Islands of the 11,000 Virgins".

João Álvares Fagundes was an explorer and ship owner from Viana do Castelo in Northern Portugal. He organized several expeditions to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia around 1520–1521.

Saint Pierre and Miquelon, officially the Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, located near the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. An archipelago of eight islands, covering 242 km² (93 sq mi) of land, St. Pierre and Miquelon is a vestige of the once-vast territory of New France. It has a population of 5,819 as of the January 2022 census and its residents are French citizens; they elect its own deputy to the National Assembly and participates in senatorial and presidential elections.