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    The couple had at least four children: two boys (Fernão Álvares Cabral and António Cabral) and two girls (Catarina de Castro and Guiomar de Castro). There...
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    assembled in 1500 on the order of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of Pedro Álvares Cabral. Cabral's armada famously discovered Brazil...
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    António de Abreu (c. 1480 – c. 1514) was a 16th-century Portuguese navigator and naval officer. He participated under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque...
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  • dispute began around 1640, when Alberto Pires murdered Leonor de Camargo Cabral, his wife, and also António Pedroso de Barros, his brother-in-law. It...
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  • João Cabral de Melo Neto (January 6, 1920 – October 9, 1999) was a Brazilian poet and diplomat, and one of the most influential writers in late Brazilian...
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  • Gonçalves, Governor (1973–1974) António Elísio Capelo Pires Veloso, Governor (1974) Autonomous province António Elísio Capelo Pires Veloso, High Commissioner...
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    to by the Portuguese as Monomotapa). 1517—Fernão Pires de Andrade and Tomé Pires were chosen by Manuel I of Portugal to sail to China to formally open...
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    D. Manuel, o primeiro deste nome. Na Regia Officina Typografica. Albuquerque, Afonso de, D. Manuel I, António Baião, "Cartas para el-rei d". Manuel I"...
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    Álvares Cabral with half the original fleet of 13 ships and 1,500 men undertook the second Portuguese voyage to India. The ships were commanded by Cabral, Bartolomeu...
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  • explorer of North America Lopes Gonçalves, explorer of the Atlantic Luís Pires, explorer of the sea route to Brazil Nicolau Coelho, explorer of the sea...
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    Gonçalo Velho Cabral (c. 1400 – c. 1460) was a Portuguese monk and Commander in the Order of Christ, explorer (credited with the discovery of the Formigas...
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    Glória Maria Cláudia Pires de Morais (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɡlɔɾjɐ mɐˈɾi.ɐ ˈklawdʒɐ ˈpiɾiz dʒi moˈɾajs]; née Pires; born 23 August 1963)...
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    PAICV-supported presidential candidate Pedro Pires defeated former MpD leader Carlos Veiga by only 13 votes. President Pedro Pires was narrowly re-elected in 2006...
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    of the captains of the second Indian expedition, headed by Pedro Álvares Cabral. This flotilla was the first to reach Brazil, landing there on 22 April...
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  • Mau Buca (fl. 1952) Manuel (fl. 1964) António Hornay (1664-1666) [son of Jan de Hornay] Mateus da Costa (1666-1669, 1670–1672) António Hornay (1673-1693...
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    Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas (born 12 September 1962, Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu ˈpɔɾtɐʃ]) is a Portuguese media and political figure, who has...
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    recente – Cidades, 2004 Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)...
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    Mughal emperor Jahangir. 1624: António de Andrade, first European to reach Tibet. 1626–1627: Estêvão Cacella with João Cabral are the first Europeans to reach...
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    October 2011. "De Mendo da Guarda a D. Manuel I,", Isabel Violante Pereira, Lisbon: Livros Horizonte, 2001, p. 83. António da Costa de Albuquerque de Sousa...
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    Álvares Cabral with the mission of making a treaty with the Zamorin of Kozhikodeand setting up a Portuguese factory in the city. However, Pedro Cabral entered...
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    Pusich Rua António Albino Machado Rua António Andrade Rua António Aniceto Monteiro Rua António Ferreira Rua António Patrício [pt] Rua António Ramalho [pt]...
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  • and leading opponent of Cabral). Finding this condition an unacceptable affront, Cabral withdrew his name in a huff. Manuel I immediately appointed Vasco...
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  • Bartolomeu Dias and discovered some of the Cape Verde islands together with António Noli. In 1497 on the first Portuguese India Armadas expedition to India...
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    2000 and 2001, two former prime ministers (Pedro Pires and Carlos Veiga) were the main candidates. Pires was prime minister during the PAICV regime; Veiga...
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  • unrest called Ten Tragic Days José Manuel Pirela, Venezuelan-American professional baseball player José Maria Pires, Brazilian Catholic bishop, Bishop...
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    sailor and naval officer in service of the Portuguese Crown in Asia. King Manuel I refused to support Magellan's plan to reach the Moluccas, or Spice Islands...
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    an Outra Independência). As for the other players, says Evaldo Cabral de Mello, Manuel de Carvalho took refuge on board an English frigate, going to live...
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  • - Pionieros de Partido (PP) - Mamadu Saliu Djalo Pires - Mario Pires - Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires - Policia Internacional Para Defesa do Estado (PIDE)...
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  • António da Madalena (sometimes spelled, in English, Antonio da Magdalena, died c. 1589) was a Portuguese Capuchin friar who was the first Western visitor...
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  • abandoned 1753–17.. Nicolau Pino de Araújo 17..–c.1757 .... c.1757–1759 Manuel Pires 1759–17.. Duarte José Róis 17..–c.1763 .... c.1763–17.. Filipe José de...
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