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    Fernão Mendes Pinto (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃w ˈmẽdɨʃ ˈpĩtu]; c. 1509 – 8 July 1583) was a Portuguese explorer and writer. His voyages are recorded...
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    was a Portuguese trader and explorer who, in 1543, together with Fernão Mendes Pinto and Francisco Zeimoto, became one of the first Europeans to set foot...
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    Spanish Empire /məˈɡɛlən/ mə-GHEL-ən or /məˈdʒɛlən/ mə-JEL-ən; Portuguese: Fernão de Magalhães, IPA: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃w̃ dɨ mɐɡɐˈʎɐ̃j̃ʃ]; Spanish: Fernando de Magallanes...
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  • Ocean Fernão Lopez, soldier in India and first resident of the island of Saint Helena Fernão Mendes Pinto, among the first to reach Japan Fernão Pires...
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  • Fernão Pires de Andrade (also spelled as Fernão Peres de Andrade; in contemporary sources, Fernam (Fernã) Perez Dandrade) (d. 1552) was a Portuguese merchant...
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    adventurer Fernão Mendes Pinto, who lived from 1510 to 1583. Mendes Pinto is highly eroded by subsequent impacts. The southwest rim of Mendes Pinto is overlain...
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    neglected African enterprise to a private Lisbon merchant consortium led by Fernão Gomes. Within a few years, Gomes' captains expanded Portuguese knowledge...
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  • they met after the coronation of Yotfa which contrasts to those of Fernão Mendes Pinto.) In 1548, Yotfa was killed and Si Sudachan, still acting as a regent...
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    Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto, Viscount of Serpa Pinto (aka Serpa Pinto; 20 April 1846 – 28 December 1900) was a Portuguese explorer of southern...
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  • Alexandre de Serpa Pinto (aka Serpa Pinto; 1846–1900), Portuguese explorer of southern Africa and colonial administrator Fernão Mendes Pinto (c. 1509–1583)...
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    Lanna Kingdom. According to the Portuguese adventurer autobiography Fernão Mendes Pinto, who stayed for some time at court, the king was poisoned by Sundachan...
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    other traders arrived in Japan for the first time. According to Fernão Mendes Pinto, who claimed to be in this journey, they arrived at Tanegashima,...
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  • philosopher Fernão Mendes Pinto (c. 1509–1583), Portuguese adventurer, explorer and writer Ian Mendes (born 1976), Canadian sports broadcaster Isabel Mendes Lopes...
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    organizer of the project. Peregrinação [pt], Fernão Mendes Pinto, 1614 The "Pilgrimage" of Fernando Mendes Pinto is perhaps the most translated book of travel...
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    Christianity, Commerce and Corso 1522–1538, p.325 Fernão Mendes Pinto: The Travels of Fernão Mendes Pinto translated edition 1989, University of Chicago...
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    Gil Vicente, Garcia de Resende, Sá de Miranda, Bernardim Ribeiro, Fernão Mendes Pinto, João de Barros and Luís de Camões. He also supported the mathematician...
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    Fernão Dias Pais Leme (1608–1681) was a Portuguese bandeirante. He was known as the Emerald Hunter (Portuguese: o Caçador de Esmeraldas) and was one of...
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    flourished: João de Barros, Fernão Lopes de Castanheda, António Galvão, Gaspar Correia, Duarte Barbosa, and Fernão Mendes Pinto, among others, described...
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    memoirs published in 1614, Portuguese adventurer turned author, Fernão Mendes Pinto placed himself in the first landing party, although this claim has...
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    In 1539, According to accounts written by the Portuguese admiral Fernão Mendes Pinto, the Ottoman fleet that first arrived in Aceh (prior to the Ottoman...
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    of the deserters, but had them horribly mutilated. One such renegade was Fernão Lopes, bound for Portugal in custody, who escaped at the island of Saint...
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    Coimbra (son of King John I of Portugal) Queen Philippa of Lancaster Fernão Mendes Pinto (explorer and writer) Frei Gonçalo de Carvalho, O.P. (Dominican missionary)...
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    Duarte Pacheco Pereira Estêvão da Gama Fernão de Loronha Fernão do Pó Fernão Gomes Fernão Mendes Pinto Fernão Pires de Andrade Francisco Serrão Gaspar...
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  • (and wrongly dated) by the 16th-century Portuguese travel writer Fernão Mendes Pinto. In the 16th century, a global demand for Chinese products like silk...
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    Panorama of Cochinchina (Vietnam) and Champa in the Peregrinação". In Fernão Mendes Pinto e a Peregrinação: Viagens, Visoes, e Encontros. p. 176. Michael Arthur...
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    French typhon was attested as storm in 1504. Portuguese traveler Fernão Mendes Pinto referred to a tufão in his memoir published in 1614. The earliest...
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    followed. Nanban trade Arte da Lingoa de Iapam Battle of Fukuda Bay Fernão Mendes Pinto Costa (1993) pg. 29 Costa (1993) pg.40 Costa (1993) pg.41 C.R. Boxer:...
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    kilometres (19 mi) from present-day Covilhã in central Portugal. He was a son of Fernão Álvares Cabral and Isabel Gouveia—one of five boys and six girls in the...
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    were the Portuguese traders António da Mota and Francisco Zeimoto (Fernão Mendes Pinto claimed to have arrived on this ship as well, but this is in direct...
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    Portuguese explorers occurred in 1543. An early visitor was supposedly Fernão Mendes Pinto, who came from Sagres on a Portuguese ship which landed nearby in...
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