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João Vaz Corte-Real

1420 - 1496

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João Vaz Corte-Real (c. 1420 – 1496) was a Portuguese sailor, claimed by some accounts to have been an explorer of a land called Terra Nova do Bacalhau (New Land of the Codfish), speculated to possibly have been a part of North America. These accounts assert that Corte-Real was awarded the donatário–captaincies of São Jorge and Angra for his accomplishments, but contemporary documents contradict this claim. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. João Vaz Corte-Real is the 136th most popular explorer (down from 135th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 124th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, João Vaz Corte-Real ranks 136 out of 498. Before him are Juan de Grijalva, Sebastián de Belalcázar, Mary Kingsley, Frederick Cook, Andrés de Urdaneta, and Mikhail Lazarev. After him are Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, George W. De Long, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Ranulph Fiennes, Pedro Mascarenhas, and Adam Olearius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1420, João Vaz Corte-Real ranks 9. Before him are George of Poděbrady, Benozzo Gozzoli, Andrea del Castagno, Sesshū Tōyō, Mahmud Pasha Angelović, and Abdal-Latif Mirza. After him are Barthélemy d'Eyck, Agostino Barbarigo, Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou, Peter Schöffer, John Morton, and Luciano Laurana. Among people deceased in 1496, João Vaz Corte-Real ranks 5. Before him are Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile, Ferdinand II of Naples, Sigismund, Archduke of Austria, and Charles, Count of Angoulême. After him are Charles II, Duke of Savoy, Qaitbay, Ercole de' Roberti, Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg, Piero del Pollaiolo, Gilbert, Count of Montpensier, and Henricus Martellus Germanus.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, João Vaz Corte-Real ranks 125 out of 633. Before him are Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885), José Saraiva Martins (1932), Wamba (630), Isabel of Coimbra (1432), Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu (1521), and Peter, Duke of Coimbra (1392). After him are Eleanor of Viseu (1458), Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza (1800), António Ramalho Eanes (1935), Américo Tomás (1894), Pedro Mascarenhas (1484), and Infanta Maria of Guimarães (1538).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, João Vaz Corte-Real ranks 14. Before him are Diogo Dias (1450), Diego Columbus (1479), Tristão da Cunha (1460), Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565), João Gonçalves Zarco (1390), and Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509). After him are Pedro Mascarenhas (1484), Gil Eanes (null), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499), António de Abreu (1480), Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (1455), and Gaspar Corte-Real (1450).

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