João Gonçalves Zarco (c. 1390 – 21 November 1471) was a Portuguese explorer who established settlements and recognition of the Madeira Islands, and was...

Rui Gonçalves da Câmara (c. 1430 – 27 November 1497), was the second son of João Gonçalves Zarco, and inherited the title of Donatary-Captain of the island...

Simão Gonçalves da Câmara was born in the town of Funchal in Madeira Island, the son of the second Donatary-Captain, João Gonçalves da Câmara and his...

Order's commendas in the region. Estêvão da Gama married Isabel Sodré, a daughter of João Sodré (also known as João de Resende), scion of a well-connected...

believed to be the original landing point for the Portuguese discoverer João Gonçalves Zarco, who is credited with the discovery of the Madeira Islands. When...

The House of Cámara (also known in Spanish as de la Cámara or in Portuguese as da Câmara or Gonçalves da Câmara) is an aristocratic family with a rich...

selected by João Gonçalves Zarco (the island's discoverer) as a grant to his son and his wife, João Gonçalves da Câmara and Beatriz Gonçalves. The village...

armed themselves. In Funchal, the governor, Francisco de Sales Gonçalves Zarco da Câmara, did not take any hostile action. Meanwhile, the armada anchored...

rescued Captain João da Nova, who had encountered difficulties on his return from India; da Nova and his ship, the Flor de la mar, joined da Cunha's fleet...

chronicler In calm waters of the early afternoon, on 1 July 1419, João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira disembarked on the beach of Machico, beginning...

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

Algarve, who married Filipa da Câmara (daughter of Garcia Rodrigues da Câmara). He was one of the sons of João Gonçalves Zarco, the discoverer of Porto Santo...

the jungle. The municipality of João Ramalho, in São Paulo, is named after him. "Nº20 – Perfil > João Ramalho". www.camara.sp.gov.br. Retrieved 10 October...

settlement was part of the dominion of João Gonçalves Zarco, who granted its use for cultivation around 1462 to João Ferreira and his wife Branca Dias. These...

of the Annuciation (1993) Richard Wagner, German composer (1993) João Gonçalves Zarco, explorer (1945; 1968; 1981; 1990) Zeno, saint (1962) "Busto de Guilherme...

finished in 1497 under the order of João Gonçalves da Câmara, Funchal's second donatary captain and son of João Gonçalves Zarco. The convent ceased functioning...

trading within the areas discovered. In 1418, two of Henry's captains, João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira were driven by a storm to Porto Santo an...

Dias da Câmara, daughter of Diogo Afonso de Aguiar, from the Island of Madeira, and first wife Isabel Gonçalves da Câmara (daughter of João Gonçalves Zarco)...

Viceroy of India D. Afonso de Albuquerque and Brites da Câmara (Câmara being a niece of João Gonçalves Zarco, the first Donatary-Captain of Funchal). Following...

with the family of the Captain of Funchal João Gonçalves Zarco and that of his brother, Rui Gonçalves da Câmara. As Azorean chronicler Gaspar Frutuoso would...

initiatives by the island's third donatary captain, Rui Gonçalves da Câmara (son of João Gonçalves Zarco, resulting in northern colonies from peoples from Madeira...

successful settlement by the Kingdom of Portugal. In 1418, two captains, João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira, while exploring the African coast in the...

Dicionário da História de Lisboa (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Martins, João Paulo do Rosário...

three, leagues..." The settlement began with Garcia da Câmara, son-in-law of João Gonçalves Zarco, who here began establishing small estates run by colonists...

of the men accompanying João Gonçalves Zarco were from Lagos, notably Lourenço Gomes and António Gago. On his return, Zarco is said to have given news...

of Gonçalo Velho Cabral was sold by João Soares de Albergaria to its third Captain Donatário Rui Gonçalves da Câmara; Angra, originally a single administration...

confidence in his abilities as a leader of men. He later commanded the gunboat Zarco and the corvettes Sagres and Estefânia, eventually rising to the top of...

João Gonçalves Zarco and Catarina de Orneslas Saavedra), fathering several children, including Álvaro Martins Homem; Domingos Martins Homem da Câmara;...

Gonçalo Velho João Afonso de Aveiro João da Nova João Grego João Álvares Fagundes João Fernandes Lavrador João Gonçalves Zarco João Infante João Vaz Corte-Real...

Museum [pt], by offering it a sword believed to have belonged to João Gonçalves Zarco, which he had purchased from the Cossart family. His keenness for...