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Gaspar de Lemos

1500 - 1600

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Gaspar de Lemos (15th century) was a Portuguese explorer and captain of the supply ship of Pedro Álvares Cabral's fleet that arrived to Brazil. Gaspar de Lemos was sent back to Portugal with news of their discovery and was credited by the Viscount of Santarém as having discovered the Fernando de Noronha archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaspar de Lemos is the 173rd most popular explorer (down from 156th in 2019). (down from 1,089th in 2019)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Gaspar de Lemos ranks 173 out of 498. Before him are Fernão do Pó, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, and Paulo da Gama. After him are Gustav Nachtigal, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, Carsten Borchgrevink, António de Abreu, Henri Mouhot, and Lancelotto Malocello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Gaspar de Lemos ranks 21. Before him are Afanasy Nikitin, Paris Bordone, Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger, Sebald Beham, Margarita Luti, and Fernão do Pó. After him are Sinan Pasha, Reginald Pole, Elizabeth Blount, Nuno Gonçalves, Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada, and Rum Mehmed Pasha. Among people deceased in 1600, Gaspar de Lemos ranks 10. Before him are Catharina van Hemessen, Konishi Yukinaga, Hosokawa Gracia, José de Acosta, Luis de Molina, and Enrique of Malacca. After him are Margrave Andrew of Burgau, Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Jerzy Radziwiłł, Edward Fortunatus, and Lourenço Marques.

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