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João Fernandes: Quick Facts

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Facts

Flourished c.1426 - c.1475
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese navigator
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Duarte Pacheco Pereira
Portuguese explorer
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Maria de Lourdes Ruivo da Silva Pintasilgo
prime minister of Portugal
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Antonio Ramalho Eanes
president of Portugal
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
John II of Portugal
John II
king of Portugal
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Manuel I
king of Portugal
Afonso de Albuquerque
Afonso de Albuquerque
Portuguese conqueror
Pombal, Sebastião de Carvalho, marquês de
Marquis de Pombal
Portuguese ruler
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese explorer
John I and John of Gaunt
John I
king of Portugal
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Pedro Álvares Cabral
Portuguese explorer
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Pêro da Covilhã
Portuguese explorer
Guterres, António
António Guterres
Portuguese politician and diplomat
John VI.
John VI
king of Portugal
António de Oliveira Salazar
António de Oliveira Salazar
prime minister of Portugal
Pedro I
Pedro I
emperor of Brazil
Cavaco Silva, Aníbal
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
president of Portugal
St. Nuno Álvares Pereira
St. Nuno Álvares Pereira
Portuguese military leader

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