• Dr Francisco José de Lacerda e Almeida (c. 1753 – 18 October 1798) was a colonial Brazilian-born Portuguese explorer in the 18th century. He was the son...
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  • striker Edmar Halovskyi de Lacerda, Ukrainian-Brazilian footballer Francisco de Lacerda (died 1798), Portuguese explorer Genival Lacerda (1931–2021), Brazilian...
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    Frederico Werneck de Lacerda (30 April 1914 – 21 May 1977) was a Brazilian journalist and politician. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Lacerda was the son of a...
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    Thiago Ribeiro Lacerda (born 19 January 1978) is a Brazilian actor. Lacerda spent his childhood between Rio de Janeiro, where he was born, and Recreio...
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    the age of 25, Magellan enlisted in the fleet of 22 ships sent to host Francisco de Almeida as the first viceroy of Portuguese India. Although his name does...
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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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    Vasco da Gama (redirect from Vasco de gama)
    century, the Visconde de Ribeira Brava. Vasco da Gama and his wife, Catarina de Ataíde, had six sons and one daughter: Dom Francisco da Gama, who inherited...
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    and Timor and the Moluccas through a voyage headed by António de Abreu and Francisco Serrão. He laid the path for European trade with Ming China through...
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  • Francisco Álvares (c. 1465 – 1536-1541) was a Portuguese missionary and explorer. In 1515 he traveled to Ethiopia as part of the Portuguese embassy to...
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    Portuguese Barros, João de. Décadas da Ásia, Década I. bk. III., esp. ch. 3; Ruy de Pina, Chronica d'el Rei D. João II.; Garcia de Resende, Chronica; Luciano...
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