Career
He is thus credited with the European discovery of New Guinea. Jorge de Menezes was the Portuguese Governor of the Moluccas from 1527 until 1530, residing on Ternate. While in office, he plundered a Spanish fort on Tidore, poisoned the sultan of Ternate and committed atrocities against the local population.
Subsequently he was arrested and sent to India.
After his return to Portugal he was banished to Brazil, where he died in combat against Indians in 1537.