Gonçalo da Silveira, S.J. (23 February 1526 – 15-16 March 1561) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary in southern Africa. Silveira was born at Almeirim,...

D. Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (/ˌvæsku də ˈɡɑːmə, ˈɡæmə/; European Portuguese: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐ̃mɐ]; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese...

fought in the Napoleonic Wars Gonçalo da Silveira (1526–1561), Portuguese Jesuit missionary in southern Africa Hugo Silveira, Uruguayan footballer who plays...

The most famous of these early settlers was the missionary Gonçalo da Silveira. Silveira House, a further education center outside Harare, is named after...

used by the Mwenemutapa. In 1561, a Portuguese Jesuit missionary, Gonçalo da Silveira managed to make his way into the Mwenemutapa's court and convert...

Diogo de Azambuja, to construct a fortress and trading post called São Jorge da Mina in the Gulf of Guinea. Indirect evidence also points to his possible...

Albuquerque was born in 1453 in Alhandra, near Lisbon. He was the second son of Gonçalo de Albuquerque, Lord of Vila Verde dos Francos, and Dona Leonor de Menezes...

in 1964, it is named after Gonçalo da Silveira, the first Jesuit priest to come to Zimbabwe in the 16th century. Silveira was founded in 1964 by John...

tradition, he was born in Vila Real, Portugal, around 1452. His grandfather, Gonçalo Cão, had fought for Portuguese independence at the Battle of Aljubarrota...

other Europeans. Some writers believe that the Portuguese priest Gonçalo da Silveira was the first European to catch sight of the falls back in the sixteenth...

Civilization of Africa (Comissão Nacional Portuguesa de Exploração e Civilização da África), more commonly known as the Commission of Africa. Cordeiro's aims...

a chapel with the saint of his devotion, São Gonçalo de Amarante. The European settlement of São Gonçalo, which began at the end of the 16th century,...

Pêro da Covilhã (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeɾu ðɐ kuviˈʎɐ̃]; c. 1460 – after 1526), sometimes written Pero de Covilhăo, was a Portuguese diplomat and...

referenced as Gonçalo Velho Cabral in most modern biographies, he is generally referred to as Gonçalo Velho in historical documents. In 1431, Gonçalo Velho was...

Africa) Francisco Álvares (missionary and explorer in Ethiopia) Gonçalo da Silveira (jesuit missionary, travalled up the Zambezi River to the capital...

Pestana and Maria Gonçalves da Silveira. His wife was Leonor Falcão daughter of João Falcão, and maternal granddaughter of Gonçalo Anes de Abreu. Arquivo histórico...

Saldanha returned to the Indian Ocean in 1506, with the 8th Armada under Tristão da Cunha, albeit not as a captain of his own ship. He came principally as a navigator...

disputed. Possible locations include Porto, Sabrosa, Vila Nova de Gaia and Ponte da Barca. "Magellan". Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved 8 October 2019. "Magellan"...

He was appointed to head an expedition to India in 1500, following Vasco da Gama's newly opened route around Africa. The undertaking had the aim of returning...

e Orientaes. Lisbon: Francisco da Silva Teixera da Mota, Avelino (1946) "A descoberta da Guiné", Boletim cultural da Guiné Portuguesa, Vol. 1. Part 1...

and moving story of survival after sinking south of Sumatra. 1560—Gonçalo da Silveira, Jesuit missionary, travelled up the Zambezi River, on his expedition...

(Jesuits) began as early as 1548 in various regions of Africa. In 1561, Gonçalo da Silveira, a Portuguese missionary, managed to baptize Monomotapa, king of...

de Lemos Gomes de Sequeira Gonçalo Álvares Gonçalo Coelho João Afonso do Estreito João Álvares Fagundes João da Gama João da Nova João de Santarém João...

– Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609) February 23 – Gonçalo da Silveira, Portuguese Jesuit missionary (d. 1561) March 4 – Henry Carey, 1st...

– José Gonçalo da Gama, Governor of Angola (1779–1782) Macau – Jose Vicente da Silveira Meneses, Governor of Macau (1778–1780) Antonio Jose da Costa,...

Duke of Viseu (1433–1470) third son of Edward, King of Portugal Gonçalo da Silveira (1526–1561) a Portuguese Jesuit missionary in southern Africa. Duarte...

 239–240. Bacelar, Jonildo, "Caramuru: O patriarca da Nação Brasileira", Guia Geográfico: História da Bahia. (in Portuguese) https://dbe.rah...

Gonçalo da Silveira Hermenegildo Capelo Jerónimo Lobo José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta José Sapateiro Lourenço Marques Paulo Dias de Novais Pero da Covilhã...

[tribe of Zimbabwe] was made by a Portuguese Jesuit missionary, Gonçalo da Silveira, at the court of the Monomotapa dynasty until he was murdered as...

Governor of Angola (1772–1779) José Gonçalo da Gama, Governor of Angola (1779–1782) Macau – Jose Vicente da Silveira Meneses, Governor of Macau (1778–1780)...