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    João José Vaz (9 March 1859, in Setúbal – 17 February 1931, in Lisbon) was a Portuguese painter and decorator who specialized in maritime subjects. In...
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    João Vaz Corte-Real (c. 1420 – 1496) was a Portuguese sailor, claimed by some accounts to have been an explorer of a land called Terra Nova do Bacalhau...
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  • of João Gonçalves Zarco), and had: António Vaz de Camões, who succeeded in his father's house and married Dona Isabel de Castro, daughter of Dom João de...
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  • politician Gail Vaz-Oxlade, Canadian writer and TV personality Herkley Vaz, Jamaican footballer João Vaz Corte-Real, Portuguese explorer João Vaz, Portuguese...
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    Ravenstein, Ernst Georg (2010). Bartolomeu Dias. William Brooks Greenlee, Pero Vaz de Caminha. England: Viartis. ISBN 978-1-906421-03-8. OCLC 501399584. Ravenstein...
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  • crew of Didrik Pining, John Scolvus, Hans Pothorst, Álvaro Martins, and João Vaz Corte-Real in 1472 was granted lands in the Azores by the king of Portugal...
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    Empire. Fragmentary evidence also suggests a previous expedition in 1473 by João Vaz Corte-Real, their father, with other Europeans, to Terra Nova do Bacalhau...
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    of the last to use the Portuguese title of rico homem, was the son of João Vaz de Almada (born around 1360) and his wife, Joana Anes. The Almadas were...
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    during the Age of Exploration, in the 16th century. During this time, João Vaz Corte-Real and his sons Gaspar Corte-Real and Miguel Corte-Real notably...
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  • islands João Grego, explorer of the African coast João Infante, explorer of the African coast João Vaz Corte-Real, explorer of North America Lopes Gonçalves...
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