Greatest Portuguese Explorer 1400-1600
Henry the Navigator- patron and supporter of Portuguese explorations
Afonso Balbaia- explored west coast of Africa, Rio Do Ouro
Gil Eanes- rounded Cape of Bojador
Bartolomeu Dias- rounded southern tip of Africa, Cape of Good Hope
Diogo Cao- explored Congo River and present day Angola
Vasco da Gama- route to India
Dinis Dias- explored Cape Verde Islands
Nuno Tristao- explored Gambia River
Fernao Gomes and Diogo Gomes- explored Gold Coast region
Alviseda Cadamosto- Guinea coast and Geba River
Pedro Cabaral- discovered Brazil, explored Madagascar, India and Cape of Good Hope area
Ferdinand Magellan- circumnavigation of globe
Juan Elcano- leads crew back to Spain after Magellan’s death and attempts another circumnavigation of globe but fails
Source
The DK book "Explorers" by Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Henry the Navigator- patron and supporter of Portuguese explorations
Afonso Balbaia- explored west coast of Africa, Rio Do Ouro
Gil Eanes- rounded Cape of Bojador
Bartolomeu Dias- rounded southern tip of Africa, Cape of Good Hope
Diogo Cao- explored Congo River and present day Angola
Vasco da Gama- route to India
Dinis Dias- explored Cape Verde Islands
Nuno Tristao- explored Gambia River
Fernao Gomes and Diogo Gomes- explored Gold Coast region
Alviseda Cadamosto- Guinea coast and Geba River
Pedro Cabaral- discovered Brazil, explored Madagascar, India and Cape of Good Hope area
Ferdinand Magellan- circumnavigation of globe
Juan Elcano- leads crew back to Spain after Magellan’s death and attempts another circumnavigation of globe but fails
Source
The DK book "Explorers" by Sir Ranulph Fiennes
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