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    João Álvares Fagundes (born c. 1460, Kingdom of Portugal – died 1522, Kingdom of Portugal) was an explorer and ship owner from Viana do Castelo in Northern...
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  • missionary and explorer João Álvares Fagundes (active in 1521), Portuguese explorer Jorge Álvares (died 1521), Portuguese explorer Mara Alvares (born 1948), Brazilian...
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  • Portuguese Olympic athlete João Álvares Fagundes, Portuguese explorer Lygia Fagundes Telles, Brazilian novelist As a placename, Fagundes, Paraiba is a municipality...
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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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    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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  • Informação das Terras do Preste João das Índias ("A True Relation of the Lands of Prester John of the Indies"). Francisco Álvares was a chaplain-priest and...
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  • Around 1519–1521, with a mission to establish colonies for Portugal, João Álvares Fagundes explored the coasts of Newfoundland, Labrador, and Nova Scotia....
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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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    region. Estêvão da Gama married Isabel Sodré, a daughter of João Sodré (also known as João de Resende), scion of a well-connected family of English origin...
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    following issue: João Gonçalves da Câmara (d. Funchal, Madeira, 26 March 1501), married to Dona Mécia de Noronha, daughter of Dom João Henriques de Noronha...
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