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Also Known As	Diogo Cam
Flourished	1480 - 1486

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Pedro Álvares Cabral

Portuguese explorer

Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan

Portuguese explorer

Medieval illuminated portrait of Henry the Navigator, Prince of Portugal, wearing a black hat and red robe, framed by an ornate floral border.

Henry the Navigator

prince of Portugal

Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama

Portuguese navigator

Bartolomeu Dias

Bartolomeu Dias

Portuguese explorer

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Pêro da Covilhã

Portuguese explorer

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Lourenço de Almeida

Portuguese explorer

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João Fernandes

Portuguese explorer

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Duarte Pacheco Pereira

Portuguese explorer

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Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto

Portuguese explorer

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Diogo Gomes

Portuguese explorer

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Dinís Dias

Portuguese explorer

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Francisco Barreto

Portuguese soldier

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António Fernandes

Portuguese explorer and historian

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Álvaro Fernandes

Portuguese explorer

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Lady Hester Stanhope

British noble

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Robert Campbell

Canadian trader and explorer

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Antoine-Thomson d’Abbadie

French geographer

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Arnaud-Michel d’Abbadie

French geographer

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Martin E. Johnson

American adventurer and photographer

Buzz Aldrin. Apollo 11. Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Aldrin, photographed July 20, 1969, during the first manned mission to the Moon's surface. Reflected in Aldrin's faceplate is the Lunar Module and astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took the picture.

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