Diogo de Melo Coutinho was the second and eleventh Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon. Coutinho was first appointed in 1552 under John III of Portugal...

Diogo de Melo Coutinho was a Portuguese navigator, co-discoverer of the Azores Islands. Born 1450 in Portugal, of noble family Diogo de Melo married to...

Claire Coutinho (born 1985), British Member of Parliament elected 2019 Diogo de Melo Coutinho, captain-general of Portuguese Ceylon Domingos António de Sousa...

Angola Diogo da Rocha (fl. 1525), Portuguese explorer Diogo de Melo (fl. 1565–1568), Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon Diogo de Melo Coutinho (fl. 1552–1572)...

further instruction from the king. Increasingly isolated, he wrote to Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, who arrived in India with a new fleet, but was ignored as...

Diogo Cão (c. 1452 – 1486), also known as Diogo Cam, was a Portuguese mariner and one of the most notable explorers of the fifteenth century. He made...

coast as early as 1478. In 1481, Dias accompanied an expedition, led by Diogo de Azambuja, to construct a fortress and trading post called São Jorge da...

Diogo Dias, also known as Diogo Gomes, was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer. He was the brother of Bartolomeu Dias and discovered some of the Cape Verde...

Diogo Fernandes Pereira, sometimes called simply Diogo Fernandes, was a Portuguese 16th-century navigator, originally from Setúbal, Portugal. Diogo Fernandes...

Diogo de Azambuja or Diego de Azambuja (1432–1518) was a Portuguese noble and explorer. He was born at Montemor-o-Velho, and became a knight of the Order...

Portugal, he was Captain-major until 1570. He was succeeded by Diogo de Melo Coutinho. Cahoon, Ben. "Captains-major". Sri Lanka. Worldstatesmen. Retrieved...

and attacked the rearguard led by Diogo de Melo Coutinho, preventing him from assisting the main body. But Diogo de Melo skillfully managed to break through...

Caramuru (c. 1475-1557) was the Tupi name of the Portuguese colonist Diogo Álvares Correia, who is notable for being the first European to establish contact...

boys'), immediately set sail back to Portugal. (However, the account of Diogo Gomes differs here; he asserts the caravel never made it back—that the native...

Subrahmanyam, 1997, pp. 11–16 See also Diogo do Couto (Decadas de Asia, Dec. IV, Lib. 8, c. 2); Teixeira de Aragão pp. 15–16, and Castanhoso (1898: p...

Baltazar de Teive (16th century), and also another Diogo de Teive, born in the 18th century ("page and gentleman of King Phillip"). Carlos Melo Bento (2008)...

Diogo Barbosa and soon married the daughter of Diogo's second wife, Maria Caldera Beatriz Barbosa.[citation needed] They had two children: Rodrigo de...

captured from the Portuguese ships. In August 1522, Martim Afonso de Melo Coutinho arrived at Tuen Mun with three ships, unaware of the conflict and expecting...

Portugal, he was Captain-major until 1551. He was succeeded by Diogo de Melo Coutinho. Cahoon, Ben. "Captains-major". Sri Lanka. Worldstatesmen. Retrieved...

Luisa de Melo. In the fifth volume of the Décadas da Ásia (Asian Decades), written during the years 1586-1587 and published only in 1612, Diogo do Couto...

shipping. Saldanha's three-ship squad (himself, Rui Lourenço Ravasco and Diogo Fernandes Pereira) set out of Lisbon in early May 1503, intending to catch...

Teresa Velho Cabral, wife of Fernão Soares de Albergaria, and Violante Velho Cabral, wife of Diogo Gonçalves de Travassos also established settlements in...

D. Diogo Lopes de Sequeira (1465–1530) was a Portuguese fidalgo, sent to analyze the trade potential in Madagascar and Malacca. He arrived at Malacca on...

Diogo Gomes (c. 1420 – c. 1500) was a Portuguese navigator, explorer and writer. Diogo Gomes was a servant and explorer of Portuguese prince, Henry the...

de Freitas, and had issue Beatriz Gonçalves da Câmara, married to Diogo Cabral, and had issue Isabel Gonçalves da Câmara, married to Diogo Afonso de Aguiar...

him in naval matters. The most important of these were Bartolomeu Dias, Diogo Dias and Nicolau Coelho. They would, along with the other captains, command...

Bento, Carlos Melo (2008), História dos Açores: Da descoberta a 1934 (in Portuguese), Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal: Câmara Municipal de Ponta Delgada...

the arrival of Soares' replacement, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, who successfully sent the embassy on, with Dom Rodrigo de Lima replacing Duarte Galvão. The...

Atlantic Ocean as set out in the Treaty of Tordesillas. Together with Pero de Barcelos, Lavrador first sighted what is now known as Labrador in 1498. Lavrador...

Diogo de Silves (fl. 15th century) is the presumed name of an obscure Portuguese explorer of the Atlantic who allegedly discovered the Azores islands in...