Fernão Gomes (15th century) was a Portuguese merchant and explorer from Lisbon, possibly the son of Tristão Gomes de Brito. In 1469, King Afonso V of...
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Fernão Gomes de Lemos (c. 1485 - c. 1535) was the third and last Captain of Portuguese Ceylon. Lemos succeeded Lopo de Brito and was appointed in 1522...
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Ferdinand Magellan (redirect from Fernão de Magalhães)
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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Fernão do Pó (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃w du ˈpɔ]; fl. 1472), also known as Fernão Pó, Fernando Pó or Fernando Poo, was a 15th-century Portuguese...
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of Brazil in 1500. In 1471, working in the service of Lisbon merchant Fernão Gomes, who had a concession for the exploration and trade in the Gulf of Guinea...
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enterprise to a private Lisbon merchant consortium led by Fernão Gomes. Within a few years, Gomes' captains expanded Portuguese knowledge across the Gulf...
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notable after Fernão Lopes. Zurara adopted the career of letters in middle life. He probably entered the royal library as assistant to Fernão Lopes during...
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granted the monopoly of trade in the Gulf of Guinea to Lisbon merchant Fernão Gomes. This included the exclusivity in trade of Aframomum melegueta, then...
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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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European trade and diplomacy. Jacob and Fernão frequently wrote letters to each other. Robert Sewell, Fernão Nunes, Domingos Paes, "A forgotten empire:...
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trade in part of the Gulf of Guinea to merchant Fernão Gomes, for an annual payment of 200,000 reals. Gomes was also required to explore 100 leagues (480 km)...
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the monopoly of trade in part of the Gulf of Guinea to merchant Fernão Gomes. Gomes, who had to explore 100 miles (160 km) of the coast each year for...
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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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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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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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Gama Fernão de Loronha Fernão do Pó Fernão Gomes Fernão Mendes Pinto Fernão Pires de Andrade Francisco Serrão Gaspar Corte-Real Gaspar de Lemos Gomes de...
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Felgueiras and Sousa Fernão Gomes (15th century), Portuguese explorer and merchant Fernando Gomes, several people Francis Anthony Gomes (1931–2011), Bangladeshi...
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of his father Edward and grandfather John I. In 1469, Afonso Vgranted Fernão Gomes the monopoly of trade in the Gulf of Guinea. In 1452, Pope Nicholas V...
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Gama Fernão de Loronha Fernão do Pó Fernão Gomes Fernão Mendes Pinto Fernão Pires de Andrade Francisco Serrão Gaspar Corte-Real Gaspar de Lemos Gomes de...
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in South Africa. Fernão Pires is also known under the synonyms Camarate, Fernam Pires, Fernan Piriz, Fernão Pirão, Fernao Pires, Fernão Pires do Beco, Gaeiro...
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ISBN 0543925889. Includes a translation of the Chronica by Domingo Paes and Fernão Nunes about 1520 and 1535 respectively. Radhakamal Mukerjee, "A history...
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Gama Fernão de Loronha Fernão do Pó Fernão Gomes Fernão Mendes Pinto Fernão Pires de Andrade Francisco Serrão Gaspar Corte-Real Gaspar de Lemos Gomes de...
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Serpent) (1987); Várias Vozes (Various Voices) (1987); Fernão Gomes e o Retrato de Camões (Fernão Gomes and the Picture of Camões) (1987); Cristóvão Colombo...
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Rui Gomes de Abreu (c.1460–1530?) was a Portuguese nobleman, who served as Alcaide Mayor of Elvas. Rui was the son of Pedro Gomes de Abreu and Catarina...
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returned to Malacca in December 1512, from where he departed for India with Fernão Pires de Andrade in January 1513, then sailing for Portugal. He died in...
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Gama Fernão de Loronha Fernão do Pó Fernão Gomes Fernão Mendes Pinto Fernão Pires de Andrade Francisco Serrão Gaspar Corte-Real Gaspar de Lemos Gomes de...
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put under the oversight of the Portuguese trader, Fernão Gomes. Upon reaching present-day Elmina, Gomes discovered a thriving gold trade already established...
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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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given the meagre revenues, exploration was granted to Lisbon merchant Fernão Gomes in 1469, who in exchange for the monopoly of trade in the Gulf of Guinea...
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Gama Fernão de Loronha Fernão do Pó Fernão Gomes Fernão Mendes Pinto Fernão Pires de Andrade Francisco Serrão Gaspar Corte-Real Gaspar de Lemos Gomes de...
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