Complex sentence: It was the humanist friar Gaspar Frutuoso who recounted that the first explores did not find a uninhabited island: a hermit, who had a small flock and lived in a cave in the interior, had occupied the land.
Split into simpler sentences: It was the humanist friar Gaspar Frutuoso who later recounted that the first explores did not find a uninhabited island. A hermit, who had a small flock and lived in a cave in the interior, had occupied the land.