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    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...
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    state of Bahia (dates unknown) and was married to Portuguese sailor Diogo Álvares Correia, also known as "Caramuru". She and Caramuru became the first Brazilian...
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  • 1980), Brazilian swimmer Diogo Álvares Correia (aka Caramuru) (1475-1557), Portuguese settler in the colony of Brazil Diogo Cão (1452–1486), Portuguese...
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  • old Duarte Galvão at Kamaran. Álvares and Mattheus were forced to wait until the arrival of Soares' replacement, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, who successfully...
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    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...
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  • Pahar), a fictional character in the novel Chander Pahar Caramuru (Diogo Álvares Correia, c. 1475–1557), Portuguese adventurer José Diego Álvarez (disambiguation)...
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  • possibility that Diogo Dias also did precisely that in 1500.) Although Correia's account is not corroborated by other chroniclers, Diogo Fernandes Pereira...
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    Pedro Álvares Cabral (European Portuguese: [ˈpeðɾu ˈalvɐɾɨʃ kɐˈβɾal]; born Pedro Álvares de Gouveia; c. 1467 or 1468 – c. 1520) was a Portuguese nobleman...
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    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...
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    was accompanied by five other junks. Álvares himself was accompanied by two other Portuguese mariners. Álvares made first contact on Chinese soil on...
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  • Diogo Dias accompanied the 2nd armada of Pedro Álvares Cabral as one of the captains of the fleet, with a commission to open trade at Sofala. Diogo Dias...
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    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...
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    brothers, Vicente Sodré and Brás Sodré, had links to the household of Infante Diogo, Duke of Viseu, and were prominent figures in the military Order of Christ...
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    Beatriz Gonçalves da Câmara, married to Diogo Cabral, and had issue Isabel Gonçalves da Câmara, married to Diogo Afonso de Aguiar, o Velho (the Old), and...
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    Spain. In Seville he befriended his countryman Diogo Barbosa and soon married the daughter of Diogo's second wife, Maria Caldera Beatriz Barbosa.[citation...
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    Portugal. Countries of the World. Bureau Development, Inc. Correia 1860, p. 459 Correia 1860, p. 460 Saldanha, Manoel José Gabriel (1990). História de...
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    Histoire de la mission. Catarina Paraguaçu, wife of Portuguese sailor Diogo Álvares Correia, in an 1871 painting. "Salutations larmoyantes" ("Tearful salutations")...
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    together with João de Santarém c. 1470. He is then recorded sailing with Diogo Cão on his first voyage in 1482, and as the pilot of the famous Bérrio caravel...
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  • 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...
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  • (15th century/16th century), Portuguese explorer who accompanied Pedro Álvares Cabral in the discovery of Brazil. Gonçalves was one of Cabral's captains...
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    who lived among the Guaianaz tribe near today's São Paulo, and Diogo Álvares Correia, who lived among the Tupinamba natives near today's Salvador de...
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    Velho, Lord and Alcaide of Veleda, and his wife Maria Álvares Cabral (great-aunt of Pedro Álvares Cabral). His siblings Álvaro Velho Cabral, Teresa Velho...
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    Jeddah, the principal port of Arabia, and penetrated (as he told Francisco Álvares many years later) even to Mecca and Medina. Finally, via Mount Sinai, El-Tor...
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    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...
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    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...
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    noted place to eat traditional Bahian cuisine, especially acarajé. Diogo Álvares Correia (c. 1475–1557), better known as Caramuru, a Portuguese explorer...
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    António Raposo Tavares Baltasar Fernandes Borba Gato Brás Cubas Diogo Álvares Correia Domingos Jorge Velho Duarte Coelho Martim Soares Moreno Pedro Teixeira...
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  • His encounter with Ming China in 1517—after initial contacts by Jorge Álvares and Rafael Perestrello in 1513 and 1516, respectively—marked the resumption...
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    Coronado Spanish 16th New Mexico Mahinda Indian 3rd BCE Sri Lanka Diogo Álvares Correia Portuguese 16th Brazil Gaspar Côrte-Real Portuguese 16th Newfoundland...
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  • Ana de Mendonça) and had issue including Izeu Perestrelo, wife of Pedro Correia, First Captain of Graciosa Island in the Azores and one of King John II's...
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