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    Fernão Mendes Pinto (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃w ˈmẽdɨʃ ˈpĩtu]; c. 1509 – 8 July 1583) was a Portuguese explorer and writer. His voyages are recorded...
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    was a Portuguese trader and explorer who, in 1543, together with Fernão Mendes Pinto and Francisco Zeimoto, became one of the first Europeans to set foot...
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    adventurer Fernão Mendes Pinto, who lived from 1510 to 1583. Mendes Pinto is highly eroded by subsequent impacts. The southwest rim of Mendes Pinto is overlain...
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    organizer of the project. Peregrinação [pt], Fernão Mendes Pinto, 1614 The "Pilgrimage" of Fernando Mendes Pinto is perhaps the most translated book of travel...
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    followed. Nanban trade Arte da Lingoa de Iapam Battle of Fukuda Bay Fernão Mendes Pinto Costa (1993) pg. 29 Costa (1993) pg.40 Costa (1993) pg.41 C.R. Boxer:...
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    Spanish Empire /məˈɡɛlən/ mə-GHEL-ən or /məˈdʒɛlən/ mə-JEL-ən; Portuguese: Fernão de Magalhães, IPA: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃w̃ dɨ mɐɡɐˈʎɐ̃j̃ʃ]; Spanish: Fernando de Magallanes...
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    neglected African enterprise to a private Lisbon merchant consortium led by Fernão Gomes. Within a few years, Gomes' captains expanded Portuguese knowledge...
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    were the Portuguese traders António da Mota and Francisco Zeimoto (Fernão Mendes Pinto claimed to have arrived on this ship as well, but this is in direct...
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  • (and wrongly dated) by the 16th-century Portuguese travel writer Fernão Mendes Pinto. In the 16th century, a global demand for Chinese products like silk...
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    kilometres (19 mi) from present-day Covilhã in central Portugal. He was a son of Fernão Álvares Cabral and Isabel Gouveia—one of five boys and six girls in the...
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