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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Portuguese explorer Tristão da Cunha, though rough seas prevented a landing. He named the main island after himself, Ilha de Tristão da Cunha. It was later...
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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 battles...
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explorer Tristão da Cunha ISO region code: SH-TA Internet country code top-level domain: none (.uk or .sh can be used) Geography of Tristan da Cunha Tristan...
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Carneiro da Cunha (born 1973), Brazilian artist Tristão da Cunha (1460–1540), Portuguese explorer and naval commander Tristão de Bragança Cunha (1878–1938)...
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uninhabited islands of Tristan da Cunha were first sighted in May 1506 during a voyage to India by the Portuguese admiral Tristão da Cunha, although rough seas...
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Asian elephant, came to Rome in 1514 with the Portuguese ambassador Tristão da Cunha and quickly became the Pope's favorite animal. Hanno died two years...
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charge from the arms of the da Cunha family to which Admiral Tristão da Cunha belonged, after whom the island is named: "cunha" in Portuguese means "wedge"...
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Portuguese Empire. Captured from the Mahra dynasty of Qishn in 1507 by Tristão da Cunha and Afonso de Albuquerque, it was later abandoned in 1511 and it reverted...
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Tristão Ferreira da Cunha (Teófilo Otoni, 27 July 1890 – Rio de Janeiro, 2 January 1974) was a Brazilian politician, lawyer and scholar. In 1934, he was...
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