Gaspar Frutuoso (c. 1522 – 1591) was a Portuguese priest, historian and humanist from the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores...

point) was elaborated by the famous Portuguese chronicler, Father Gaspar Frutuoso, who wrote: This city of Ponta Delgada is named for its situation located...

middle of the 15th century. Its discovery was later recorded by Father Gaspar Frutuoso in the seminal history of the Azores, Saudades da Terra, as he began:...

variation of bacalhau, meaning "cod" or "stockfish". According to Gaspar Frutuoso in his work Saudades da Terra, written in the 1570s, a joint crew of...

resulted in invasion and destruction of the remaining native habitats. Gaspar Frutuoso gave a brief description of the island's flora only a century after...

the statue was first raised by Gaspar Frutuoso in the 16th century, however, Rodrigues and Costa argue that Frutuoso lacked any criteria to date the...

In comparison, the 1522 earthquake that was mentioned by historian Gaspar Frutuoso measured 6.8, but its effects were judged to be X (Extreme) on the...

established for their burgh. Although the people involved were unfamiliar, Gaspar Frutuoso indicated that King Manuel I conceded to the locality of Ribeira Grande...

(Island of Jesus Christ), and later, Ilha de Jesus Cristo da Terceira. Gaspar Frutuoso, a chronicler and humanist, would later rationalize about the island's...

the islet of Vila Franca and the deaths of almost a hundred people. Gaspar Frutuoso, writing 70 years following the destruction, provided a complete record...