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    Gonçalo Álvares (Portuguese pronunciation: [gõˈsalu ˈalvɐɾɨʃ], ?? – 1524) was a Portuguese explorer who actively participated in the Age of Discovery...
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    in the world. The island was first named Ilha de Gonçalo Álvares on Portuguese maps. Gonçalo Álvares was a Portuguese explorer who discovered the island...
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    Pedro Álvares Cabral (European Portuguese: [ˈpeðɾu ˈalvɐɾɨʃ kɐˈβɾal]; born Pedro Álvares de Gouveia; c. 1467 or 1468 – c. 1520) was a Portuguese nobleman...
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    King of Portugal, and Pedro Álvares Cabral. "Página do Grupo Municipal do Partido Popular Monárquico – (PPM) – Gonçalo Maria Pacheco da Câmara Pereira...
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    Velho, Lord and Alcaide of Veleda, and his wife Maria Álvares Cabral (great-aunt of Pedro Álvares Cabral). His siblings Álvaro Velho Cabral, Teresa Velho...
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    considered Nuno Álvares Pereira his closest friend, the man who had put him on the throne and saved his country's independence. Nuno Álvares Pereira's tomb...
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    was accompanied by five other junks. Álvares himself was accompanied by two other Portuguese mariners. Álvares made first contact on Chinese soil on...
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    Paiva Alexandre de Serpa Pinto André Álvares de Almada Francisco Álvares Francisco Barreto Francisco de Lacerda Gonçalo da Silveira Hermenegildo Capelo Jerónimo...
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    was one 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...
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  • Clement VII, to whom Father Álvares delivered the letter Lebna Dengel had written to the Pope. The precise date of Francisco Álvares death, like that of his...
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