not go beyond the Gambia River). Nuno Tristão was a knight of the household of Henry the Navigator. In 1441, Tristão was dispatched by Henry in one of...
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Nuno Tristão Futebol Clube da Bula is a Guinea-Bissauan football club based in Bula. They play in the Campeonato Nacional da Guine-Bissau. They were formerly...
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HMS Avon (K97) (redirect from NRP Nuno Tristão)
HMS Avon, later renamed NRP Nuno Tristão, was a River-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). Avon was built to the RN's specifications as a Group II River-class...
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singer-songwriter and director Nuno Tristão, 15th-century Portuguese explorer Nuno Pereira (born 1979), entertainer, lead singer Nuno Viegas (born 1977), former...
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Tristão da Cunha (sometimes misspelled Tristão d'Acunha; Portuguese pronunciation: [tɾiʃˈtɐ̃w dɐ ˈkuɲɐ]; c. 1460 – c. 1540) was a Portuguese explorer and...
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who were enslaved and sold at newly created slave markets in Lisbon. Nuno Tristão and Gonçalo de Sintra explored as far south as the Bay of Arguin, where...
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coast in an expedition under the command of Nuno Tristão. As Gonçalves was considerably younger than Tristão, his duty was less exploration than it was...
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Madeira (1419–1420). He was born Tristão Vaz, adding the name Teixeira after his marriage with Branca Teixeira. Tristão was a nobleman of Prince Henry the...
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Gambia: today an estimated 2% of Gambians is Catholic. Portuguese explorer Nuno Tristão and Venetian Luiz de Cadamosto as well as Genoese trader Antoniotto Usodimare...
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the most popular sport in the country. Since the Portuguese navigator Nuno Tristão reached the local coast in 1446, but at the latest since the official...
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the son of Antónia Pais and Tristão da Cunha, the famous Portuguese navigator, admiral and ambassador to Pope Leo X. Nuno da Cunha proved his mettle in...
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death of Nuno Tristão himself. If that was also sailed by Fernandes, then that eliminates Fernandes's claim to have exceeded Nuno Tristão's last point...
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enslavement of Africans began with Portuguese captains Antão Gonçalves and Nuno Tristão in 1441. The first large group of African slaves, made up of 235 slaves...
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latter reached the Gold River (Rio de Ouro). 1441—Nuno Tristão reached Cape Blanc. 1443—Nuno Tristão penetrated the Arguim Gulf. Prince Pedro granted Henry...
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João Fernandes João Gonçalves Zarco Lançarote de Freitas Nuno Tristão Pedro de Sintra Tristão Vaz Teixeira Afonso de Albuquerque Álvaro Martins André Gonçalves...
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João Fernandes João Gonçalves Zarco Lançarote de Freitas Nuno Tristão Pedro de Sintra Tristão Vaz Teixeira Afonso de Albuquerque Álvaro Martins André Gonçalves...
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before. Using the new ship type, the expeditions then pushed onwards. Nuno Tristão and Antão Gonçalves reached Cape Blanco in 1441. The Portuguese sighted...
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João Fernandes João Gonçalves Zarco Lançarote de Freitas Nuno Tristão Pedro de Sintra Tristão Vaz Teixeira Afonso de Albuquerque Álvaro Martins André Gonçalves...
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19th Arctic Luis Váez de Torres Spanish Galician 16th/17th Australasia Nuno Tristão Portuguese 15th West African coast, Guinea-Bissau Petrus Johannes Truter...
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João Fernandes João Gonçalves Zarco Lançarote de Freitas Nuno Tristão Pedro de Sintra Tristão Vaz Teixeira Afonso de Albuquerque Álvaro Martins André Gonçalves...
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vessels in the fleet of sixteen sailing for India in early 1506, headed by Tristão da Cunha. The aim of the expedition was to conquer Socotra and build a...
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(Diffie & Winius 1977, p. 187); (Lunde 2005); (Lima 2012, p. 189); (Duarte Nuno G. J. Pinto da Rocha 2004); (Belvederi 1998, p. 203). Greenlee 1995, p. xxxix...
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powerful and rich". In 1507, he was joined by João Gomes, a priest sent by Tristão da Cunha, who had reached Ethiopia by way of Socotra. When the Portuguese...
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João Fernandes João Gonçalves Zarco Lançarote de Freitas Nuno Tristão Pedro de Sintra Tristão Vaz Teixeira Afonso de Albuquerque Álvaro Martins André Gonçalves...
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back in the 1440s) been responsible for the death of Portuguese captain Nuno Tristão in 1446 and the defeat of another squadron led by Estêvão Afonso in 1447...
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latter reached the Gold River (Rio de Ouro). 1441 — Nuno Tristão reached Cape White. 1443 — Nuno Tristão penetrated the Arguim Gulf. Prince Pedro granted...
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nor encounters worth reporting. But in 1443, one of Henry's captains, Nuno Tristão, returned from an expedition with some 14 captive African natives, Sanhaja...
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competition due to financial problems 2013 : CF Os Balantas (Mansôa) 2014 : Nuno Tristão FC (Bula) 2015 : Sport Bissau e Benfica (Bissau) 2016 : no competition...
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independent of the Golden Horde and establishes the Crimean Khanate. Nuno Tristão reaches the Ras Nouadhibou (Cabo Branco) on the western coast of Africa...
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beginning of the Almoravid Dynasty. The first European to visit the bay was Nuno Tristão in 1443, after which the remainder of the bay was explored. The area...
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