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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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  • 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 Portugal...
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    was Captain until 1522. He was succeeded by Fernão Gomes de Lemos. He was the second-born son of João de Brito Nogueira, Nobleman of the Royal House and...
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    eldest son of João Gomes de Lemos, 2nd Lord of Trofa, by his wife Violante de Sequeira; and elder brother of Fernão Gomes de Lemos, ambassador to Persia...
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    Portuguese: Fernão de Magalhães, IPA: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃w̃ dɨ mɐɡɐˈʎɐ̃j̃ʃ]; Spanish: Fernando de Magallanes, IPA: [feɾˈnando ðe maɣaˈʎanes] or IPA: [feɾˈnando ðe maɣaˈʝanes]...
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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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    blockade Bhatkal until another vessel there was surrendered, while Fernão Gomes de Lemos was sent with similar orders on a fusta to Mangalore, where two...
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    Manuel, rei de Portugal e senhor das Índias e do reino de Ormuz. in Fernão Lopes de Castanheda (1554) Historia do descobrimento e conquista de India pelos...
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  • blockade Bhatkal until another vessel there was surrendered, while Fernão Gomes de Lemos was sent with similar orders on a fusta to Mangalore, where two...
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    ancient and modern authors in original compositions such as Fernão Lopes, Camões, Bocage, Antero de Quental, Camilo Castelo Branco, Gil Vicente, António Nobre...
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  • Fernão Lopez, soldier in India and first resident of the island of Saint Helena Fernão Mendes Pinto, among the first to reach Japan Fernão Pires de Andrade...
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    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 Azores...
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    joined by João Gomes, a priest sent by Tristão da Cunha, who had reached Ethiopia by way of Socotra. When the Portuguese embassy under Rodrigo de Lima, which...
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    Fernão Lopes, Peter I stuttered and had epileptic seizures. It is also documented in this chronicle that the king had another passion besides Inês de...
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  • de Góis, missionary, explorer (1968) Damião de Góis, philosopher (1974; 2002) Guilherme Gomes Fernandes (1850-1902), firefighter (1953) Diogo Gomes,...
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    1410–1476) Fernão Álvares da Maia (c. 1450–1500) João Gonçalves da Maia Family in Guimarães (c. 1470–1520) Martim Vasques da Maia (1492–1548) Fernão Ferreira...
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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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    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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    remains were laid to rest in the family grave of António Gomes dos Santos and Francisco de Souza Santos Moreira and their families in the Cemitério dos...
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    Índia pelos portugueses, Fernão Lopes de Castanheda, 1551 It was Coimbra that printed eight of the ten books that Fernão Lopes de Castanheda had scheduled...
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    was a son of Fernão Álvares Cabral and Isabel Gouveia—one of five boys and six girls in the family. Cabral was christened Pedro Álvares de Gouveia and...
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    Vasco da Gama (redirect from Vasco de gama)
    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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    Álvares Cabral, Luís de Camões, Infante D. Henrique and Vasco da Gama. The medallions of the facade portray, respectively, the writers Fernão Lopes, Gil Vicente...
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    Pero de Alenquer was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer of the African coast. He was born in Alenquer and accompanied Bartolomeu Dias on his journey around...
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  • João da Silveira - - 1518 1518 Manuel I Lopo de Brito - - 1518 1522 Manuel I John III Fernão Gomes de Lemos - - 1522 1524 John III Vacant - - 1524 1551...
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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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  • José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta (variations José d'Anchieta, José Anchieta, José de Anchieta - b. October 9, 1832 in Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal, d....
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    Contrato de Fernão Gomes" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2006. "Castelo de Elmina". Governo de Gana...
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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 Mina...
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  • Atlantic Ocean as set out in the Treaty of Tordesillas. Together with Pero de Barcelos, Lavrador first sighted what is now known as Labrador in 1498. Lavrador...
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