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    Jorge Álvares (died 8 July 1521) was a Portuguese explorer. He is credited as the first European to have reached China by sea during the Age of Discovery...
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    Jorge Álvares Foundation is a non-profit organization with public utility status established in Lisbon on 14 December 1999. It was recognized by the Portuguese...
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  • sport shooter Jorge Montt Álvarez (1845–1922), vice-admiral of the Chilean navy and president of Chile from 1891 to 1896 Jorge Álvares (died 1521), Portuguese...
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  • Look up álvares in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Álvares (sometimes Alvares), a Portuguese and Galician surname, originally a patronymic meaning Son...
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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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    The settlement and Jorge Álvares "kickstarted a chain of events that ultimately spawned Macau". A large stone sculpture of Álvares stands in downtown...
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  • Albuquerque. His encounter with Ming China in 1517—after initial contacts by Jorge Álvares and Rafael Perestrello in 1513 and 1516, respectively—marked the resumption...
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    expelled by the Ming dynasty navy. In May 1513, the Portuguese explorer Jorge Álvares arrived on the Chinese coast at an island in the Pearl River Delta,...
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  • Clement VII, to whom Father Álvares delivered the letter Lebna Dengel had written to the Pope. The precise date of Francisco Álvares death, like that of his...
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    and blind patriotism". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 22 November 2019. Mojarro, Jorge (10 November 2019). "[Opinion] The anger toward the 'Elcano & Magellan'...
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